Legal Opinion
Douglas v. General Dynamics Long Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2002No. 00-2431PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.
In the instant appeal, Avery Douglas contends that the General Dynamics Long Term Disability Plan violated his rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when it stopped paying him long term disability benefits that he had been receiving from it for four years. The General Dynamics Long Term Disability Plan asserts that it discontinued paying Douglas long term disability benefits after receiving documentation that he was no longer “totally disabled” as that phrase is used in the long term disability plan and in the summary plan description.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Terry Smith v. Ameritech Ameritech Publishing, Inc. Sickness and Accident Disability Benefit Plan Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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