Legal Opinion
Schorsch v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 2012No. 10-3524PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) allows beneficiaries of plans governed by the statute to bring civil actions to recover benefits that are due to them. 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). But in enacting ERISA, Congress also mandated internal claim review procedures. 29 U.S.C. § 1133(2). Recognizing that Congress gave the primary responsibility for processing claims to ERISA plans as opposed to federal courts, we have held that district courts have discretion to require the exhaustion of administrative remedies as a precondition to such suits. See…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Amato v. BernardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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- Donald R. Powell v. A.T. & T. Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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