Legal Opinion
Denmark v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 6, 2009No. 05-2877PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal has generated thorny questions involving the appropriate standard of judicial review under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. It is now before us *3for a second time. Our initial encounter produced a proliferation of views: three separate opinions from the three panelists, each of which grappled with the methodological problem facing a reviewing court in regard to an ERISA benefit-denial decision made by a plan administrator operating as both adjudicator and payer of such claims. See Denmark v. Liberty Life Assur. Co.,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Vilma Lissette Vega Jose Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., Pan-American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Linda Gail Calvert v. Firstar Finance, Inc., F/k/a Star Bank Corporation, and Liberty Life Assurance Company of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by119 opinions
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- Gross v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of CanadaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- Marrs v. Motorola, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- D & H Therapy Associates, LLC v. Boston Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
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