United States Sixth Circuit
DARLAND v. FORTIS BENFITS INS. CO., 01-5387
The "treating physician" rule should apply in ERISA cases, and the district court should have deferred to the opinions of a long-term disability benefit claimant's treating physicians, absent substantial evidence in the record contradicting those opinions.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/22/2003
- Published 01/22/2003
Judges
- Before SILER, COLE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Lee E. Sitlinger (argued and briefed), Sitlinger, McGlincy, Steiner, Theiler & Karem, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Patrick W. Michael (briefed), Angela Logan Edwards (argued and briefed), Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellee.