Legal Opinion
Donald E. Conley v. Pitney Bowes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1999No. 97-3963PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Donald Conley was injured in an automobile accident while working for Pitney Bowes. He received short-term disability benefits for a time after the accident and was then placed on long-term disability status, as provided for by the Pitney Bowes employee welfare plan. The terms of the plan state that in order to receive long-term disability benefits during the first 12 months after an employee allegedly becomes totally disabled, the employee needs only to be “unable to perform his own occupation.” In order to receive long-term disability benefits for more…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Conley v. Pitney BowesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999