FEDERAL JUDGE FINDS UNUMPROVIDENT LIABLE FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES
AFFIRMS $7.7 MILLION VERDICT

Federal Judge James Larson has ruled Paul Revere/UnumProvident et al.liable for violating California Business and Professions Code Sec.17200 (Unfair Business Practices).

In a STRONGLY worded opinion Judge Larson, among other things, issued an injunction ordering the company "to obey the law" and enjoining it "from future violations, including but not limited to targeting categories of claims or claimants, employing biased medical examiners, destroying medical reports, and withholding from claimants information about their benefits."

Judge Larson also denied all of UnumProvident's post trial motions and upheld the $7.6 million award in all respects, including punitive damages.

For the full 62 page written opinion you can log onto "www.cand.uscourts.gov" Then go to "recent Orders, Larson.

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