Legal Opinion
Toni Feibusch v. Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan, and Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2006No. 04-16501PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge.
Toni Feibusch (“Feibusch”) appeals the district court’s decision that Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (“Sun Life”) did not abuse its discretion in terminating her disability benefits. Feibusch’s principal argument is that the district court incorrectly applied abuse of discretion review rather than de novo review. Feibusch was denied benefits under policy language that states that proof of a disability claim “must be satisfactory to Sun Life.”
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we hold that de novo review applies under the policy language at issue. We…
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