Legal Opinion
Connie Thacker v. Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2013No. 13-5306UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STAFFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant, Connie Thacker (“Thacker”), filed this ERISA action after her former employer, Schneider Electric USA, Inc. (“Schneider”), denied her applications for disability retirement and disability life insurance benefits. The district court entered summary judgment for Schneider. On Thacker’s appeal from that judgment, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
Schneider (f/k/a Square D Company) hired Thacker on June 22,1994, to work at a plant in Lexington, Kentucky. As a union employee, Thacker was eligible to participate in employee-sponsored benefit plans governed by…
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