Legal Opinion
Beth Cosey v. The Prudential Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 12, 2013No. 12-2360PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DAVIS and Judge FLOYD joined.
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we primarily consider whether certain short-term and long-term disability benefits plans provided by an employer unambiguously confer discretionary decision-making authority on the plan administrator, requiring judicial review of the administrator’s benefits determinations under an abuse-of-discretion standard.
Upon our review, we conclude that the language at issue in both plans is ambiguous and does not clearly confer…
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