Allen v. Unum Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Margaret Allen (“Allen”) appeals from the order of the district court granting judgment on the administrative record and denying her claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) § 502, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), that UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (“UNUM”) wrongfully denied her long-term disability benefits. Allen argues that the district court erred in: (1) rejecting her judicial estoppel argument; and (2) failing to find that UNUM’s decision was arbitrary and capricious. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district…
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