Michaels v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant-Plaintiff Lawrence Michaels appeals from the District Court’s decision affirming the denial of long-term disability benefits by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Employees, Managers, and Agents Long-Term Disability Plan and AXA Financial, Inc., the Appellees-Defendants. For the following reasons, this Court will vacate the District Court’s decision and remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

I. Facts and Procedural History-

Appellant Lawrence Michaels sustained a midshaft fracture of his…