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12Feb

The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Courts Say Abuse of Discretion Standard is "Highly Deferential" to Plan Administrator's Denial of Benefits

In Rittinger v. Healthy Alliance Life Ins. Co., 914 F.3d 952 (5th Cir. Jan. 31, 2019), and Roebuck v. USAble Life, 380 F. Supp. 3d 852 (E.D. Ark. Mar. 30, 2019), the courts found no abuse of discretion where the ERISA plan administrators denied...
By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-lhd-erisa-advisor-courts-say-abuse-56624/

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