Legal Opinion
Morrill Jestings v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 21, 1985No. 84-1509PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Morrill Jestings, the appellee, worked for New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (“NET”). He developed a heart prob-. lem, and in May 1980 he applied for long term disability benefits. Prudential Insurance Company, which administers NET’s Long-Term Disability Benefits Plan (“the plan”), denied Jestings benefits because it believed he was physically capable of working, if not at his present job, at least at other jobs. Jestings sued NET and Prudential claiming that Prudential acted arbitrarily in denying him benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- George L. Govoni v. Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, Local No. 5 Pension Fund and Plymouth-Home National BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Harold Miles v. The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension And Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Joseph R. Palino v. Edwin T. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Juan S. Rueda v. Seafarers International Union of North America, Afl-Cio, and Seafarers Welfare& Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Israel Lopez Lopez v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by31 opinions
- John Halpin v. W.W. Grainger, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- 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
- Ralph Block v. Pitney Bowes Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Donald Bachelder v. Communications Satellite CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Heci Exploration Co., Inc. v. HollowayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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