Legal Opinion
Carolyn Lacy v. Fulbright & Jaworski, Limited Liability Partnership Long Term Disability Plan Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2005No. 04-20537PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Carolyn Lacy appeals the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of her lawsuit for Long Term Disability (“LTD”) benefits under an ERISA Plan (“the Plan”) sponsored by her former employer, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP (“the law firm”) and insured by De-fendanWAppellee Unum Life Insurance Company of America (“Unum”). The district court dismissed Lacy’s suit for her failure to exhaust administrative review rights following denial of benefits, specifically, her untimely filing of an appeal after Unum denied her LTD benefits. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
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