Legal Opinion
Doe v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 9, 2015No. 12-cv-9327 (LAK)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A KAPLAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff alleges that he wrongfully was denied long-term disability benefits by Unum Life Insurance Company of America (“Unum”) in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The *222matter now is before the Court following a bench trial on a stipulated record.1
I. Background
Plaintiff began working in June 2006 as a partner in the financial restructuring group of a major law firm.2 As a benefit of employment, plaintiff was covered under the terms of the firm’s long-term disability plan (the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Marc Andrew Mario v. P & C Food Markets, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Dennis Paese v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Robert E. Muller, Antoinette I. Muller v. First Unum Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Marianne Locher v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, Katten Muchin & ZavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Doe v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
- Fichtl v. First UNUM Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2024
- Macalou v. First Unum Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2024