Legal Opinion
Mattias v. Computer Sciences Corp.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 2, 1999No. 97-666LPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.
Barbara Mattias (“plaintiff’) was working for Computer Sciences Corporation when she suffered a back injury in January 1995. She has sued her employer, Continental Casualty Company and the CNA Insurance Companies (collectively “defendants”) for long term disability payments that she believes she should receive under Computer Sciences Corporation’s ERISA plan. Plaintiff received “total disability” benefits from July 1995 to July 1997, but the parties disagree now on whether she qualifies for “partial disability” benefits thereafter.
In plaintiffs job, she…
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