Legal Opinion
Taft v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1993No. 92-55416PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of Morris J. Taft. The district court held that Equitable abused its discretion in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, by terminating Taft’s disability benefits. Because we find that the district court erred at trial by examining evidence that was not part of Equitable’s administrative record, we reverse.
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The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States hired Morris J. Taft as an…
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