Price v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs motion presently before the Court is to compel discovery in a case to recover disability benefits under section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). As the parties acknowledge, the general rule is that review of a denial of benefits by a district court is confined to the administrative record developed by the plan administrator, and therefore no discovery is necessary. Wilkins v. Baptist…