McCLAIN v. EATON CORP. DISABILITY PLAN

No. 13-5395.

740 F.3d 1059 (2014)

Karen McCLAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EATON CORPORATION DISABILITY PLAN; Eaton Corporation Health and Welfare Administrative Committee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Robert Scott Wilson , Eric Buchanan & Associates, PLLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant. Maynard A. Buck , Patrick O. Peters , Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before BOGGS and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; CLELAND, District Judge.


OPINION

CLELAND, District Judge.

In this case for disability benefits brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., we are called upon to determine whether "some" constitutes "any." Even more precisely, we are called upon to determine whether it is rational to conclude that "some" constitutes "any." The relevant long-term disability plan provided that Plaintiff was disabled if she was "totally...

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