Legal Opinion
Kagan v. Unum Provident
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 2011No. Case 03-CV-8130 (KMK)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KENNETH M. KARAS, District Judge.
Plaintiff A. Michael Kagan (“Kagan”) brings this action against Defendant Unum Provident (“Unum”) for wrongful denial of disability benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. 1 Plaintiff has now moved for summary judgment and Defendant has submitted papers in anticipation of a bench trial on the administrative record. For the reasons stated herein, Plaintiffs motion is denied, and judgment will be entered in favor of Defendant.
I. Background
A. Facts
Kagan was, until 1998, the…
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