Patricia Alford v. Dch Foundation Group Long-Term Disability Plan Unum Life Insurance Company of America, Patricia Alford v. Dch Foundation Group Long-Term Disability Plan Unum Life Insurance Company of America

311 F.3d 955 Patricia ALFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DCH FOUNDATION GROUP LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN; UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, Defendants-Appellees. Patricia Alford, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DCH Foundation Group Long-Term Disability Plan; UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-56090. No. 01-56178. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted September 12, 2002. Filed November 21, 2002. Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Rohlfing Law Firm, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the Appellant. Edwin A. Oster, Barger & Wolen, Irvine, CA, for the Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Audrey B. Collins, District Judge, Presiding, D.C. No. CV-00-05238-ABC. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge, and WEINER, * District Judge. OPINION WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff Patricia Alford, a registered nurse, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of DCH Foundation Group Long Term Disability Plan ("the Plan") & UNUM Life Insurance Company ("UNUM") in her ERISA action for continuing long-term disability benefits. 1 Specifically, Ms.…