Pamela Wilkins, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant/cross

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• stating that chronic fatigue syndrome is difficult to diagnose and treat, and may not always be disabling, and criticizing lack of objective medical evidence as the primary reason to deny disability benefits based on chronic fatigue syndrome
• finding a contractual limitation in a plan governed by ERISA was enforceable where authorized by state law
• finding by the Eighth Circuit that a three-year contractual limitations period to bring suit for ERISA benefits reasonable, and applicable
• upholding a contractual limitations period in an ERISA plan so long as it is not unreasonably short
• finding that ERISA claim accrued at time of initial denial
• applying three-year statute of limitations specified under the terms of the plan as enforceable contract under Arkansas law

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