Joan Hangarter v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company Unumprovident Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2004-06-25

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CLIFTON, Circuit Judge: Joan Hangarter, a chiropractor who operated her own business, obtained an “own occupation” disability insurance policy in 1989 from Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. She filed a claim for total disability in July 1997 based on shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain. Paul Revere paid Hangarter benefits for an eleven-month period and then terminated her benefi…

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