Finding That Plaintiff Is No Longer Disabled Is Affirmed, Despite Social Security Administration Determination That Plaintiff Was Disabled

Robert Muller appealed from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York that denied his claim that the termination of his employer-sponsored disability benefits by First Unum Life Insurance Company

The plaintiffs in this case were employed in a division of SKF USA, Inc., when SKF sold the division to Tyson Bearing Company. The plaintiffs became employees of Tyson immediately after the sale at the same facility and did not suffer any period of unemployment or interruption of wages. Under the terms of the sale,