PATTON v. MFS/SUN LIFE FINANCIAL DISTRIBUTORS

No. 05-4765.

480 F.3d 478 (2007)

Michael PATTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MFS/SUN LIFE FINANCIAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Groth (argued), Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark E. Schmidtke (argued), Schmidtke Hoeppner Consultants, Valparaiso, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

When Michael Patton seriously injured his knee, his doctors concluded that he was no longer able to perform his job as a truck driver for PacVan, Inc. Patton presented a claim for long-term disability benefits to the administrator of Pac-Van's employee benefits plan, MFS/Sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc. Sun Life initially approved Patton's benefits, but discontinued them a year later. It found...

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