Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 2007No. 06-3822PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This is the second time this court has had to review a decision rejecting Hugo Diaz’s application for benefits under his company’s group insurance long-term disability plan (the “LTD Plan”). After Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), the LTD Plan’s underwriter, denied Diaz’s initial application for the benefits and two appeals of that denial, Diaz sued Prudential under § 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). The district court granted summary judgment to Prudential, but we reversed and…
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