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FUNK v. CIGNA GROUP INS.

No. 10-3936.

648 F.3d 182 (2011)

Robert FUNK v. CIGNA GROUP INSURANCE; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc., Long Term Disability Plan For Management Employees, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, improperly pleaded as "CIGNA Group Insurance"; Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., formerly known as Lucent Technologies, Inc.; The Lucent Technologies Inc., Long Term Disability Plan for Management or LBA Employees, improperly pleaded as "Lucent Technologies, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan for Management Employees," Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: August 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Lesko [Argued], Karen Denise Peck , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Newark, NJ, Jay P. Symonds , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Boston, MA, Counsel for Appellants.

Steven Gaechter [Argued], McCarter & Gaechter, Hackensack, NJ, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: CHAGARES, JORDAN and GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a decision by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company ("CIGNA"), as the third-party administrator of "The Lucent Technologies, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan for Management or LBA Employees" (the "Plan"),1 to deny Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. ("Lucent") employee Robert Funk's claim for long-term disability benefits under the Plan. Funk challenged that decision...

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