AMADEO v. PRINCIPAL MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 00-55333.

290 F.3d 1152 (2002)

Joan Cherie AMADEO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley K. Jacobs and Thomas F. Borcher, Jacobs, Jacobs & Rosenberg, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Margaret Levy and Becky J. Belke, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, FERNANDEZ and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge.

Joan Amadeo filed this suit after Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Principal") denied her benefits under her disability income insurance policy. Principal based its denial on its contention that Amadeo's "regular occupation ... just prior to her disability" was "unemployed," despite Amadeo's 20 year career in the securities industry before she became unemployed during a period of severe depression. The district court granted partial...

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