Legal Opinion
Robert A. Morgan v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 22, 2003No. 02-3541PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
This is a case arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, the insurer and plan administrator, initially awarded long-term disability benefits to Robert A. Morgan on account of his fibromyalgia and insomnia. However, after conducting surveillance of Morgan’s activities the following year, UNUM terminated his benefits. Morgan exhausted his administrative remedies and then filed suit.
The district court 2 granted Morgan’s motion for summary judgment and denied UNUM’s motion for summary judgment. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beverly D. Woo v. Deluxe Corp., Hartford Life Insurance Co., Doing Business as Itt Hartford, Inc., Sued as Hartford Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Terry Clapp v. Citibank, N.A. Disability Plan (501)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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- Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Crespo v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2003
- Weidner v. Federal Express Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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