Legal Opinion
Lake v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 7, 1999No. Civ.A. 98-T-1155-EPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Frankie E. Lake filed this lawsuit in state court against defendant UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1461, commonly known as “ERISA”. Lake seeks to recover benefits allegedly due her under the Synovus Financial Corporation Group Long-Term Disability Insurance Policy. Invoking the court’s federal-question jurisdiction, UNUM removed the action to this court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441(b) and 29 U.S.C.A. § 1132(e)(1).
By agreement of the parties, this…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- De Nobel v. Vitro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Rebecca Ladd v. Itt Corporation and Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by8 opinions
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