Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Western-Southern Life Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 20, 2003No. 02-3053PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

James McDonald worked for Western-Southern Life Insurance Company for nearly twenty-one years before he began receiving long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits from Western-Southern Life Insurance Company’s Flexible Benefits Plan due to his severe depression and his aggressive personality disorder. 1

After paying LTD benefits for over seven years, Western-Southern terminated McDonald’s LTD benefits after it concluded that he was no longer disabled from performing any and every occupation, business, or employment for wages, compensation, or profit as was…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Bob G. Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  4. Connie M. Miller v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  5. Williams v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Richard Kalish v. Liberty Mutual/liberty Life Assurance Company of BostonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  2. James Mcdonald v. Western-Southern Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  3. Halley v. Aetna Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
  4. Mellian v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2016
  5. Flores v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2020

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