Legal Opinion
Brown v. Seitz Foods, Inc. Disability Benefit Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1998No. 97-2980PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The Seitz Foods, Inc. Disability Benefit Plan (the Plan) and the Plan’s administrator, Continental Casualty Company (Continental), appeal the district court’s order granting Michael E. Brown benefits under the Plan, which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1994) (ERISA). We reverse.
Brown was a full-time sales representative with Seitz Foods. To cover his sales territory, Brown had to drive as many as 1000 miles a week. On May 19, 1992 Brown suffered a whiplash-type injury in an auto accident. He worked at his sales job on…
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