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HOLMSTROM v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 09-2173.

615 F.3d 758 (2010)

Lanette HOLMSTROM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. DeBofsky, Attorney (argued), Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael J. Smith, Attorney, W. Sebastian von Schleicher, Attorney (argued), Smith, von Schleicher & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This case illustrates the difficult problems presented by claims for disability insurance by people with serious and painful conditions that do not have objectively measurable symptoms. Plaintiff Lanette Holmstrom worked as a senior training specialist at a large credit management company. She participated in an employee welfare benefit plan administered by defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"). Holmstrom stopped working...

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