Legal Opinion
Hugo Diaz v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 20, 2005No. 04-2342PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This case involves Hugo Diaz’s pursuit of long-term benefits under his company’s group insurance disability plan. Prudential Insurance Company of America, the plan’s underwriter, denied Diaz’s application, both initially and through several rounds of appeal. Diaz turned to the courts, but the district court concluded that the plan gave the administrator discretionary authority to determine participant eligibility. It therefore reviewed Prudential’s decision under the deferential “arbitrary and capricious” standard and concluded that Prudential was entitled to summary…
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