Legal Opinion
Davis v. First Union Corp. Long Term Disability Plan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 12, 2002No. CIV.A.99-30277-MAPPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this ease, the plaintiff, Trina Linnette Davis (“plaintiff’), who suffers from multi- pie sclerosis, claims that she was wrongly denied long-term disability benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. The defendant, First Union Corporation Long Term Disability Plan (“defendant”), contends that plaintiff was not eligible to participate in its disability plan because she had not been “actively employed” for three months, as…
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