Legal Opinion
Allan E. Rud v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2006No. 04-3655PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Allan Rud, a factory worker employed by Andersen Windows, Inc., fell and seriously injured his back. Andersen, which sponsors and administers a welfare benefits plan for its employees, had bought an insurance policy from Liberty Life, whereby the latter would process and pay disability claims under the plan. Rud submitted to Liberty Life a claim for permanent disability benefits. The insurance policy provided that an employee would be deemed permanently disabled for the 24 months following the onset of the disability if he couldn’t do his former work, but that to obtain…
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