Legal Opinion
Vander Pas v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 19, 1998No. 97-C-204PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff James Vander Pas brings this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (“ERISA”). Pursuant to his rights under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), the plaintiff challenges the discontinuation of his long-term disability benefits, under a benefit plan issued by UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (“UNUM” or “Company”), the defendant. In addition to his ERISA claim, the plaintiff pleads two supplemental state law claims also based on the denial of disability benefits allegedly owed to him — a claim for…
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