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SCOTT v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

No. 46,652-CA.

80 So.3d 740 (2011)

Gary L. SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, by Lauren A. Welch , Hilliard F. Kelly, III , for Appellant.

Law Offices of Street & Street, Monroe, LA, by Curtis Daniel Street , for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.

Unum Life Insurance Company appeals a judgment ordering it to pay continued disability benefits, attorney fees, and a penalty to Gary Scott.

We amend the judgment to reduce the penalty and attorney fees awarded, and as amended, we affirm the judgment.

FACTS

Gary Scott, who was born in 1954, was employed as a master plumber and pipefitter at the University of Louisiana at Monroe ("ULM"), where he worked for 16 years. Scott began paying...

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