HELFMAN v. GE GROUP LIFE ASSUR. CO.

No. 08-2168.

573 F.3d 383 (2009)

Joel HELFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GE GROUP LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY; Genworth Life and Health Insurance Company; and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. Laevin Weiner, Frank, Haron, Weiner and Navarro, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. James E. Brenner, Clark Hill PLC, Detroit, Michigan, Kimberly J. Ruppel, Dickinson Wright, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: J. Laevin Weiner, Frank, Haron, Weiner and Navarro, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. James E. Brenner, Clark Hill PLC, Detroit, Michigan, Kimberly J. Ruppel, Dickinson Wright, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; PHILLIPS, District Judge.


OPINION

THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, District Judge.

This is a dispute regarding the termination of plaintiff-appellant Joel Helfman's long-term disability ("LTD") benefits. After suffering various cardiac episodes in late 2003, Helfman began receiving disability benefits from defendant-appellees Genworth Life and Health Insurance Company, formerly known as GE Group Life Assurance Company ("Genworth"), and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life"). Genworth...

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