FORTUNE v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. W2009-01395-COA-R3-CV.

360 S.W.3d 390 (2010)

James FORTUNE v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 12, 2010.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Seward , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, James Fortune, as substituted by Bettye Bedwell, Bankruptcy Trustee.

S. Russell Headrick and Leigh M. Chiles , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Unum Life Insurance Company of America and The Unum Group, f/k/a Unum Provident Corporation.


OPINION

DAVID R. FARMER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W. S., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.

This appeal arises out of an alleged wrongful denial of long term disability benefits. The plaintiff/appellant filed suit asserting multiple causes of action against an insurance company that contracted to provide long term disability insurance to employees of the City of Germantown. The defendants/appellees, the insurance...

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