Legal Opinion
Jeanne B. DEMARS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CIGNA CORPORATION and Insurance Company of North America, Defendants, Appellees
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 6, 1999No. 98-1962PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Jeanne B. Demars brought this suit against the Insurance Company of North America (“ICNA”), the provider of her long-term disability insurance, and ICNA’s parent corporation CIGNA Corporation (“CIGNA”), after CIGNA — upon reviewing the accuracy of information on a conversion application Demars had submitted seven years earlier — recalculated her disability benefit level and demanded that she remit alleged overpayments totaling more than $70,000. Demars brought state law claims of unfair trade practices, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, bad…
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