Legal Opinion
Eastman v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 26, 2018No. CASE NO.2:17-cv-649-MHT-TFMPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY F. MOORER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Compel filed March 22, 2018 (Doc. 71), Defendants' Response thereto filed April 6, 2018 (Doc. 78), and Plaintiff's Reply filed April 9, 2018. (Doc. 79). At the heart of the Motion to Compel lies the issue of which standard of review applies in this ERISA action for Long Term Disability benefits. Thus, the Court will first address the standard of review question.
I. Standard of Review - Arbitrary and Capricious or De Novo
The law is clear; actions for termination of ERISA plan benefits should be…
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