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DeLISLE v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA

No. 08-1142.

558 F.3d 440 (2009)

Sherry DeLISLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark E. Schmidtke, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. John J. Conway, John J. Conway, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mark E. Schmidtke, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, Brian D. Black, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. John J. Conway, John J. Conway, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

MARTIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAUGHTREY, J., joined. BATCHELDER, J. (pp. 11-13), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Defendant Sun Life appeals the district court's decision that Sun Life's denial of long-term disability benefits to Plaintiff Sherry DeLisle was arbitrary and capricious. We agree with the district court that Sun Life's determination did not result from a deliberate and principled reasoning process. Accordingly, we AFFIRM.

I.

Sidney Krandall & Sons, a retail jeweler, employed Sherry DeLisle...

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