Legal Opinion
Fought v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2004No. 02-2176PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Shirley O. Fought challenges the decision by UNUM’s claims administrator to deny long-term disability benefits under her employer’s group disability plan. A severe staph infection that followed elective heart surgery hospitalized and disabled Ms. Fought. UNUM’s plan administrator denied coverage by concluding that Ms. Fought suffered from a pre-existing coronary artery condition that “caused,” “contributed to,” or “resulted” in Ms. Fought’s disability, citing language in the plan. After exhausting the company’s internal appeals process, Ms. Fought brought a civil suit under 29 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Vilma Lissette Vega Jose Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., Pan-American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Maria H. Pinto v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Estate of Thompson v. Sun Life Assurance Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 2008
- Smith v. Reliance Standard Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2004
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