Legal Opinion
Williams v. Aetna Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 2007No. 06-3824PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Lee Williams was a truck driver for the SYSCO corporation from 1994-2002 and a participant in the company’s long term disability (“LTD”) plan. On July 26, 2002, Williams became ill, and late that year was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (“CFS”). Williams applied for LTD benefits, but his claim was denied May 12, 2003 for failing to show both a “diagnosable condition” explaining Williams’s “subjective symptoms of fatigue,” and that Williams was unable to perform his job functions. Williams’s treating physician then submitted a CFS residual functional…
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