Legal Opinion
Wakkinen v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2008No. 06-3054PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Russell Wakkinen was denied long-term disability benefits under a plan offered by his employer. After exhausting his administrative appeals, he brought this action against UNUM Life Insurance Company and UNUM Provident Corporation (collectively “UNUM”) as the issuers of the policy. Wakkinen alleges that UNUM’s decision to deny his claim for disability benefits is in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The district court 1 granted summary judgment to UNUM and denied Wakkinen’s summary judgment motion, holding that UNUM did…
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- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Beverly D. Woo v. Deluxe Corp., Hartford Life Insurance Co., Doing Business as Itt Hartford, Inc., Sued as Hartford Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Alton Cash v. Wal-Mart Group Health PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Michael E. Walke v. Group Long Term Disability InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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