Legal Opinion
Alford v. DCH Foundation Group Long-Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2002No. Nos. 01-56090, No. 01-56178PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Patricia Alford, a registered nurse, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of DCH Foundation Group Long Term Disability Plan (“the Plan”) & UNUM Life Insurance Company (“UNUM”) in her ERISA action for continuing long-term disability benefits.1 Specifically, Ms. Alford argues that the district court erroneously applied the “abuse of discretion” standard of review; *957that it erred in denying her request to expand the record; and that UNUM abused its discretion in failing to award benefits beyond November 1, 1996. For…
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- Mary Anne Bendixen v. Standard Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Mongeluzo v. Baxter Travenol Long Term Disability Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Frank Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship PlanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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