Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit June 4, 2002, No. 99-C-511 (Hutchins v. A.O. Smith Retirement Plan & CTC Illinois Trust Co.)

ORDER

After having a cancerous tumor removed from his spinal cord, R.L. Hutchins sued to recover benefits under a long-term disability (“LTD”) plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, Hutchins’s former employer and plan administrator A.O.