ROBYNS v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 97-1058.

130 F.3d 1231 (1997)

Sarah ROBYNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and Community Centers of Indianapolis, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric C. Redman, Debra M. Law (argued), Cohen & Malad, Diane M. Moore, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Grau, Cynthia M. Locke, White & Raub, Indianapolis, IN, Michael J. Burns (argued), James A. Young, Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young, Philadelphia, PA, for Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company.

John W. Purcell, Cynthia P. Purvis (argued), Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Community Centers of Indianapolis, Inc.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In a classic case of jumping the gun, Sarah Robyns sued her ERISA plan administrator, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company ("Reliance") and plan provider, Community Centers of Indianapolis, Inc. ("CCI"), for denying her total disability claim before Reliance had decided to deny her claims permanently. She claims that the plan's demands for additional medical examinations were pretextual attempts to obtain a diagnosis consistent with an earlier...

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