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METRO. CHICAGO HEALTHCARE v. UNUM LIFE INS.

No. 97-4012.

149 F.3d 744 (1998)

METROPOLITAN CHICAGO HEALTHCARE COUNCIL and Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Employee Benefit Trust Plan, Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer A. Barrett, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Elliot H. Goldman, Matkov, Salzman, Madoff & Gunn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council.

Mary Kathryn Kelly, Melisa G. Thompson (argued), Cahill, Christian & Kunkle, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee UNUM Life Ins. Co. of America.

Stephen D. Libowsky (argued), Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Elliot H. Goldman, Matkov, Salzman, Madoff & Gunn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Employee Benefit Plan Trust.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In February 1992 Ruthann Governale, a nurse at Northwest Community Hospital, suffered a herniated disk. Contending that the back injury permanently disabled her from nursing, Governale applied for benefits under an ERISA welfare plan sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC), of which Northwest Community Hospital is a member. The plan's long-term disability benefit is provided through an insurance policy issued by...

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