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Eighth Circuit Upholds LTD Benefits Denial Even Though Claimant Qualified for Social Security Disability (PDF)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit via FindLaw 
[Opinion] Mar. 12, 2002 12 pages; Coker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 01-2772 (8th Cir. Feb. 28, 2002). Excerpt: The determination that Coker suffers from a pain-based disability under Social Security regulations does not require MetLife to reach the same conclusion.... [S]ee also Ciulla v. USAble Life ... ("ERISA plans are not bound by Social Security determinations, and this court owes no deference to findings made under the Social Security Act."). MORE >> |
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