Legal Opinion
Robert E. Muller, Antoinette I. Muller v. First Unum Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 18, 2003No. Docket 02-9242PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUB, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Robert Muller (“Muller”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (David N. Hurd, Judge) dismissing his claim for disability benefits. Muller argues that the termination of his employer-sponsored disability benefits by Defendant-Appellee First Unum Life Insurance Co. (“First Unum”) violates ERISA because he cannot “perform each of the material duties of his regular occupation” as a nurse anesthetist and, therefore, he still meets the definition of “disabled” in his insurance policy. Because we…
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