Legal Opinion
Grady v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 1, 1998No. 96-604LPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court for decision following a nonjury trial. The case draws the Court into the world of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., and requires the resolution of several issues which currently divide the federal courts.
The context is the claim of Katherine C. Grady (“plaintiff’) for long-term disability benefits under a group policy (the “Policy”) issued by The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (“defendant”) to plaintiffs employer, Academic Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a The Sawyer…
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- Christine M. Donato v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Celestine Pierre and the Estate of James Nolan Pierre, Jr. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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