Legal Opinion
Douglas McOsker v. Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 01-1741PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Douglas McOsker, who had been president of Total Copy Systems, claiming that he was totally disabled due to severe depression, brought this action under ERISA, see 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), to recover under a policy that Paul Revere Life Insurance Company issued as part of an employee benefit plan. The district court, after a trial to the court, entered judgment in favor of Paul Revere, and Mr. McOsker appealed. We reverse.
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Under the Paul Revere policy at issue, as relevant, Mr. McOsker was totally disabled if “because of Injury or Sickness” he was…
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