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WYATT v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 00-1127.

223 F.3d 543 (2000)

Paul J. WYATT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Anne Mason, Janice R. Forde, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Kathryn Kelly (argued) David R. Nordwall, Cahill, Christian & Kunkle, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

An insurance dispute arising out of a tragic incident that left Paul J. Wyatt unable to work requires that we decide whether UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America wrongly withheld benefits from Wyatt in violation of federal law. The district court held that UNUM was not entitled to offset the benefits it owed Wyatt against benefits he had been receiving from another insurance policy and issued summary judgment in Wyatt's favor. UNUM, believing that...

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