Legal Opinion
Suzanne Lee v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 2009No. 07-14901UnpublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
At issue in this Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) case is whether BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (“BellSouth”) improperly denied benefits to Suzanne Lee, a BellSouth employee who suffers from chronic pain syndrome, under both its Short Term Disability Plan (“SD Plan”) and Long Term Disability Plan (“LD Plan”). The district court granted summary judgment to Bell-South, determining that Lee was not eligible for disability benefits because she failed to submit “objective medical evidence” of her claimed medical condition as required by the terms of the SD Plan. After…
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