Legal Opinion
Sellers v. Anthem Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 6, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–2428 (TJK)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs Joseph Sellers, Jr., and Richard McClees serve as trustees of the SMART Voluntary Short Term Disability Plan (the "VSTD Plan" or "Plan"). The VSTD Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), Pub. L. No. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829. The Plan offers short-term disability benefits to certain rail and bus workers. From January 2010 through March 2016, Defendant Anthem Life Insurance Company ("Anthem") underwrote disability insurance that the VSTD Plan provided, and…
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