WEISS v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

No. 05-5428.

482 F.3d 254 (2007)

Richard D. WEISS, Appellant v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, A New York Corporation; Lucy E. Baird-Stoddard; J. Harold Chandler, as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Office of Unumprovident; George J. DiDonna, M.D.; Kelly M. Smith; John and Jane Does 1-100.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed April 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail M. Cookson, Avrom J. Gold [Argued], Mandelbaum, Salsburg, Gold, Lazris & Discenza West Orange, NJ, for Appellant.

Steven P. Del Mauro [Argued], McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Morristown, NJ, for Appellees.

Before SLOVITER and RENDELL, Circuit Judges, and RUFE, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

Richard Weiss brought suit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 941, as amended, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, against his insurer, First Unum Life Insurance Co. ("First Unum"), claiming that First Unum discontinued payment of his disability benefits as part of First Unum's racketeering scheme involving an...

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