Legal Opinion
Smith v. Medical Benefit Administrators Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2011No. 09-3865PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
On behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Jeffrey L. Smith sued Medical Benefits Administrators Group, Inc. (doing business as “Auxiant”), the claims administrator for his workplace health insurance plan, contending that Auxiant breached its fiduciary obligations to Smith when it preauthorized his gastric bypass surgery and then turned around and denied his claim for benefits after the surgery took place on the ground that it was excluded from coverage under the terms of Smith’s health insurance plan. Smith sought both monetary and injunctive relief pursuant to…
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