Legal Opinion
Torres v. Pittston Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 2003No. 02-16985PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
The only issue that we will definitively resolve in this appeal is the appropriate standard for a district court’s review where an ERISA fiduciary, which is operating under a conflict of interest, denies disability benefits based on its determination of the factual circumstances of the beneficiary’s claim. The district court applied the deferential arbitrary-and-capricious standard of review, apparently adopting the argument of the Insurers 1 that the “insurer conflict rule” and its “heightened arbitrary capricious” standard of review should apply only to a fiduciary’s decisions regarding…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Martha Kinstler v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Daniel v. Eaton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- William M. Shaw v. Connecticut General LifeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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