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VANDER LUITGAREN v. SUN LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF CANADA

No. 13-2090.

765 F.3d 59 (2014)

Thomas W. VANDER LUITGAREN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, Defendant, Appellee, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (US) and Sun Life Financial, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart T. Rossman , with whom Arielle Cohen , The National Consumer Law Center, John C. Bell, Jr. , Lee W. Brigham , Bell & Brigham, M. Scott Barrett , and BarrettWylie LLC were on brief, for appellant.

Byrne J. Decker , with whom Catherine R. Connors , Gavin G. McCarthy , and Pierce Atwood LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and McAULIFFE, District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Our system of justice is precedent-based. Once we have decided a legal question and articulated our reasoning, there is usually no need for us to repastinate the same soil when another case presents essentially the same legal question.1 So it is here.

In Merrimon v. Unum Life Insurance Co., 758 F.3d 46 (1st Cir.2014) [Nos. 13-2128, 13-2168, slip op.], we recently held...

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