Legal Opinion
Michael Patton v. Mfs/sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2007No. 05-4765PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
When Michael Patton seriously injured his knee, his doctors concluded that he was no longer able to perform his job as a truck driver for PacVan, Inc. Patton presented a claim for long-term disability benefits to the administrator of Pac-Van’s employee benefits plan, MFS/Sun Life Fi nancial Distributors, Inc. Sun Life initially approved Patton’s benefits, but discontinued them a year later. It found him able to perform his job in light of his training for an even more physically stressful career as a paramedic and a bizarre series of contradictory letters from his…
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