MAHER v. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSP.

No. 10-1321.

665 F.3d 289 (2011)

Deborah MAHER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Rosati with whom ERISA Law Group, was on brief for appellant.

Laurie F. Rubin with whom Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP, was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Deborah Maher, a registered nurse, began work at Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH"), in August 2001. Maher stopped working in November 2001 and, in February 2002, began receiving disability benefits through MGH's long-term disability plan due to chronic abdominal pain and related symptoms.1 Her physicians—although never "entirely clear" on the cause—attributed her symptoms to chronic pancreatitis...

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