Legal Opinion
Chamness v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided February 16, 2017No. 1:13-cv-301PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER REVERSING DECISION TO DENY LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS
Paul L. Maloney, United States District Judge
Plaintiff James Chamness, M.D., filed a complaint under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Chamness alleges that his application for long-term disability benefits was improperly denied by Defendant Liberty Life, the fiduciary of the employee welfare benefit plan provided by his employer. Chamness claims to suffer from both physical and mental disabilities. The Court has conducted a de novo review of the record and reverses the decision by Liberty Life to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Max W. Perry v. Simplicity Engineering, a Division of Lukens General Industries, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Linda Gail Calvert v. Firstar Finance, Inc., F/k/a Star Bank Corporation, and Liberty Life Assurance Company of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Richard Kalish v. Liberty Mutual/liberty Life Assurance Company of BostonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
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