Legal Opinion
Dennis Siegel v. Connecticut General Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 2, 2013No. 12-1897PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Siegel brought this action for judicial review after Connecticut General Life Insurance Company terminated his disability benefits in 2007. The district court 1 denied discovery and granted judgment to Connecticut General after concluding that it had not abused its discretion in terminating Siegel’s benefits. Siegel appeals, and we affirm.
Siegel worked as a software developer for Lockheed Martin Corporation (previously Martin Marietta Corporation). Lockheed had a disability benefit plan through Connecticut General which pro vided long term benefits to disabled…
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- Terry Clapp v. Citibank, N.A. Disability Plan (501)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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