MOORMAN v. UNUMPROVIDENT CORP.

No. 05-15383.

464 F.3d 1260 (2006)

Ross Glenn MOORMAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, in its individual capacity and as controlling parent of its wholly owned subsidiary, Unum Life Insurance Company of America, a Maine Corporation, Unum Life Insurance Company of America, a Maine Corporation, in its individual capacity and as a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary of UnumProvident Corporation, Unum Corporation, a Maine Corporation merged to form UnumProvident Corporation, in its individual capacity and as controlling parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Unum Life Insurance Company of America, a Maine Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda Michele Moorman, Moorman Med. Legal Consulting, Inc., Douglas, GA, for Moorman.

Elizabeth J. Bondurant, Kenton Jones Coppage, Nikole Marie Crow, Carter & Ansley, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

The central issue in this interlocutory appeal is the proper reach of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Ross Glenn Moorman, Jr., argues that the district court erred in ruling that ERISA governed the disability insurance plan provided by UnumProvident Corporation, Unum Life Insurance Company of America ("Unum Life"), and Unum Corporation (collectively "Appellees"). After careful...

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