Legal Opinion
Michael E. Walke v. Group Long Term Disability Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2001No. 99-4139, 00-1403PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
After serving twelve years as administrator of Lake View Memorial Hospital, Michael E. Walke was granted long-term disability benefits in September 1994 under the hospital’s Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan (the “Plan”), an ERISA welfare benefit plan. In May 1996, the Plan administrator, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”), terminated Walke’s monthly benefits on the grounds that he was no longer totally disabled nor under the regular care of a physician. After exhausting his appeal rights under the Plan, Walke commenced this ERISA action to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pens. Plan Guide P 23922q Juanita Yeager v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Carolyn Herzberger v. Standard Insurance Company, Beverly A. Johnson v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Christine M. Donato v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Joan Lawrence v. Carl L. Westerhaus, Edward A. Shepard and Bobby HannaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Nance v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Douglas McOsker v. Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Wakkinen v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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