Legal Opinion
Lemaire v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 2003No. 02-2533UnpublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HOCHBERG, District Judge.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL POSTURE
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. (“Hartford”) denied Donald Lemaire’s (“Lemaire”) application for long term physical disability (“LTD”) benefits based upon his asserted physical disability, and granted him only the limited benefits provided for mental disability. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Lemaire, finding that Hartford’s denial of LTD benefits was arbitrary and capricious under ERISA Hartford thereupon filed the instant appeal.
Until early 1998, Donald Lemaire was employed at the…
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