FISCHER v. LIBERTY LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF BOSTON

No. 08-2617.

576 F.3d 369 (2009)

Bruce FISCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON and Stein Roe Investment Counsel LLC Long Term Disability Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ashley B. Abel, Attorney, Sara A. Weinberg (argued), Jackson Lewis, Greenville, SC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case arose after Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston ("Liberty") decided to terminate the payment of long-term disability benefits to the plaintiff, Bruce Fischer. Fischer tried to reverse that decision at the administrative level. When he could not, he sued Liberty and the sponsor of his benefits plan, Stein Roe Investment Counsel LLC Long-Term Disability Plan (to which we refer collectively as "Liberty"), seeking an order compelling...

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