BRAKE v. HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC.

No. 13-3421.

774 F.3d 1193 (2014)

Karen BRAKE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. The HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED Group Disability Income Insurance Plan, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nosser Dean Nasser, Jr. , argued, Sioux Falls, SD, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eric Christian Tostrud , argued, Minneapolis, MN, ( James Ellis Moore , Sioux Falls, SD, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


Karen Brake appeals the district court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of her employer's group disability plan in this Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., (ERISA) denial-of-enhanced benefits case. We affirm.

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