Legal Opinion
Raymond Shaw v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2015No. 14-2224PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C.J.
KETHLEDGE, J. (pg. 552), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
COLE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Raymond Shaw sued defendant AT & T Umbrella Benefit Plan (“the Plan”), alleging that the Plan denied his claim for long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The district court granted summary judgment to the Plan, finding that the Plan had properly denied Shaw benefits. Because we find that the Plan acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Shaw LTD benefits, we reverse the district court’s judgment. Further, because…
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