Legal Opinion
Goldie Miller, as of the Estate of Sarah M. Potok v. United Welfare Fund
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 19, 1995No. 1108, Docket 94-7908PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Goldie Miller (“Miller”) brought suit against the United Welfare Fund (the “Fund”) under § 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), on behalf of her sister, Sarah Potok (“Potok”), to recover medical benefits for private duty nursing care that Potok received following an unusually complex multiple coronary bypass surgery. The district court for the Eastern District of New York (John R. Bartels, District Judge), concluded that the Fund had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying the benefits. Miller v. United…
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