Legal Opinion
Gross v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 14, 2014No. 12-1175PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In previously deciding the merits of this case brought under the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), we agreed with plaintiff Dia-hann Gross that our circuit should no longer apply the highly deferential “arbitrary and capricious” standard of review to certain benefits decisions. See Gross v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can., 734 F.3d 1, 16 (1st Cir.2013). We also found the administrative record inadequate to permit our de novo judgment on Gross’s entitlement to benefits. Accordingly, we remanded the matter for further proceedings. Gross now seeks an…
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