Legal Opinion
Debra Shaw v. The McFarland Clinic, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2004No. 02-3897, 03-1167PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Debra Shaw brought the present Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) action against her employer seeking to recover benefits she alleged were due her under a health benefit plan. The district court1 granted summary judgment in favor of Shaw, and we affirm. • ,
I. BACKGROUND
Debra Shaw is Iowa’s last known polio victim. Shaw contracted the infectious disease at nineteen months of age in June of 1959, which inhibited the normal growth of the muscles in her left leg. At a young age, Shaw’s left calf muscle was so severely deformed and undersized that it was…
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