Legal Opinion
Searles v. First Fortis Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 24, 2000No. 99 CIV. 3535 (LAK)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff David Searles was the owner and chief executive officer (“CEO”) of Transource Polymers, Inc. (“Transource”), a distributor of raw plastic materials, until March 1997. Plaintiff claims that he has been unable to work since that time due to severe neck and back injuries. He here sues First Fortis Life Insurance Co. (“Fortis”), Transource’s group life and disability insurance carrier, for breach of contract for limiting plaintiffs long term disability benefits to 24 months. 1
Fortis contends that this action is governed by the Employee Retirement…
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