Graeber v. Hewlett Packard Co. Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BREYER, District Judge.

This ERISA lawsuit challenges the termination of plaintiffs long-term disability benefits.

BACKGROUND

A. The ERISA Plan

This is a dispute about coverage under the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Disability Plan (“the Plan”). The Plan provides that

[t]he Company is the named fiduciary which has the discretionary authority to act with respect to any appeal from a denial of benefits. The Company’s discretionary authority includes the authority to determine eligibility for benefits and to construe the terms of the Plan. The Claims Administrator shall administer…