Legal Opinion
Ehrensaft v. Dimension Works Incorporated Long Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2002No. 01-15062; D.C. No. CV-98-01712-RLHPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
Plaintiff-appellant Eugene Ehrensaft appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment under ERISA in favor of his employer’s disability insurer, which denied Ehrensaft long-term benefits. We remand to the district court for application of the *909treating physician rule in light of Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan, 266 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir.2001), but otherwise affirm the district court’s application of an abuse of discretion standard to review the plan administrator’s denial of benefits.
Ehrensaft became the controller for Dimension Works Inc. (DWI) in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- 60 soc.sec.rep.ser. 541, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 16155b, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1855 David Morgan v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Richard Atwood v. Newmont Gold Co., Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Mary Anne Bendixen v. Standard Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Frank Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship PlanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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