Legal Opinion
Howard E. Cox v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. Retirement Plan Northern Trust Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1992No. 91-1066PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
This is an employee’s action under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., to review *570the denial of disability benefits under his employer’s retirement plan. The district court entered summary judgment awarding benefits to Howard E. Cox, concluding that the Plan’s trustees had abused their discretion in finding him not disabled. The employer, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., has appealed. We conclude that the trustees did not adequately explain their discretionary decision to deny Cox benefits; thus, a reviewing court cannot determine whether that discretion was abused. Accordingly,…
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