Legal Opinion
Rasenack Ex Rel. Tribolet v. AIG Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2009No. 07-1521PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
This action arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Hans-Gerd Rasenack seeks accidental paralysis and rehabilitation benefits from AIG Life Insurance Company, the insurer, and AIG Claim Services, the plan administrator (collectively, “AIG”). The district court reviewed the administrator’s denial of benefits under an arbitrary and capricious standard and granted summary judgment for AIG. We reverse and remand.
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On May 21, 2003, Mr. Rasenack, then forty-eight years old, was struck as a pedestrian by a hit-and-run driver…
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