Legal Opinion
Gloria Watts v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 2003No. 02-13230PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
We have held a number of times that a claimant’s failure to exhaust the administrative remedies that an ERISA plan provides for challenging the denial of a benefits claim ordinarily bars her from pursuing that claim in court. E.g., Counts v. Am. Gen. Life & Accident Ins. Co., 111 F.3d 105, 108 (11th Cir.1997). We have never decided the issue presented in this case, however, which is whether that bar should apply when the claimant’s failure to exhaust her administrative remedies is the result of language in the summary plan description that she reasonably interpreted as…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Martin Hansen, Cross-Appellee v. The Continental Insurance Company and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Michael F. Terry v. Bayer Corporation and Bayer Corporation Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Jennifer AguillardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Hca Health Services of Georgia, Inc. v. Employers Health Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- John Mason, III v. Continental Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by108 opinions
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