JENKINS v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LONG TERM DISABILITY

No. 08-1909.

564 F.3d 856 (2009)

Charles JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Debofsky (argued), Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard J. Pautler (argued), Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, for Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability Plan, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company.

Michael P. Roche, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In 1989, when he was 27 years old, Charles Jenkins started working as a "Senior Account Consultant" for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). His tenure with the company was cut short four years later when he ceased working due to HIV. In 1994, he started receiving long-term disability benefits under a PwC plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. After making payments for a decade...

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