Legal Opinion
Smart v. Gillette Co. Long-Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 1995No. 95-1705PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Sharon Smart sued The Gillette Company Long-Term Disability Plan (Plan or LTD Plan) for benefits she asserts were wrongfully denied her. The district court ruled that Smart had waived her claim. See Smart v. The Gillette Co. Long-Term Disability Plan, 887 F.Supp. 383 (D.Mass.1995). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We take the underlying facts principally from the parties’ pretrial stipulations. The Gillette Company (Gillette) hired appellant in 1976. In time, she became a senior product analyst. Her job involved travel in connection with the testing of Gillette…
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