ASCHERMANN v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 12-1230.

689 F.3d 726 (2012)

Carol ASCHERMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridget L. O'Ryan (argued), Attorney, O'Ryan Law Firm, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter Petrakis (argued), Attorney, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, Chicago, IL, Mark E. Schmidtke (argued), Attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Valparaiso, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Carol Aschermann suffers from degenerating discs and spondylolisthesis. She had lumbar fusion operations in 2002 and 2004. Dmitry Arbuck, her pain-management specialist, believes that only the development of new medical procedures could alleviate her residual pain.

Until 2003 Aschermann worked for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals as a sales representative. Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., ___ U.S. ___, 132...

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