Legal Opinion
Barbara Barham v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Arquest, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2006No. 05-2485PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Barham filed this action in district court challenging Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company’s (Reliance’s) denial of her claim for long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Applying an abuse-of-discretion standard, the district court concluded the denial was supported by substantial evidence. Because the policy included in the administrative record did not grant Reliance discretion to determine eligibility for benefits, the district court should have used a de…
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