Legal Opinion
Benito T. PEREZ, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1998No. 95-1111PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
The matter before the en banc court today stems from a panel decision by this Court reversing Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (“Aetna”) decision to terminate disability benefits to Benito Perez, Jr., (“Perez”) under a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. The panel held that the language “[Aetna] shall have the right to require as part of the proof of claim satisfae-tory evidence ... that [the claimant] has furnished all required proofs for [receipt of] benefits” did not vest discretion in Aetna…
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