Legal Opinion
Weiss v. First Unum Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 3, 2007No. 05-5428PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
Richard Weiss brought suit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 941, as amended, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961— 1968, against his insurer, First Unum Life Insurance Co. (“First Unum”), claiming that First Unum discontinued payment of his disability benefits as part of First Unum’s racketeering scheme involving an intentional and illegal policy of rejecting expensive payouts to disabled insureds. The District Court dismissed his claim, believing that the allowance of such a RICO claim would interfere with…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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