Legal Opinion
Donya Leigh Anderson v Unum Provident Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 2004No. 03-13765PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
The Plaintiff Donya Leigh Anderson appeals from the district court’s order granting final summary judgment to the defendant, UNUM Provident Corporation (“UNUM”) in this diversity action for breach of contract, fraud, suppression, and bad faith because UNUM denied Anderson’s claim for long term disability benefits. The district court held that UNUM’s long term disability plan was governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and, therefore, that Anderson’s state law claims were wholly preempted by ERISA. After thorough…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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