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SPECIALE v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASS'N

No. 07-1207.

538 F.3d 615 (2008)

Janet SPECIALE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION and Non-Contributory National Long Term Disability Program, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. DeBofsky, Marcie E. Goldbloom (argued), Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ian Hugh Morrison (argued), Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Janet Speciale was an employee of the Health Care Service Corporation ("HCSC") for a little over two years when she applied for long-term disability benefits under Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's ("Blue Cross") Non-Contributory National Long Term Disability Program ("the Program"). Speciale suffered from fibromyalgia since 1986, but in 2001 claimed an exacerbation of her symptoms disabled her from working. The Program's Medical Review...

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