Legal Opinion
Geddes v. United Staffing Alliance Employee Medical Plan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 15, 2006No. 05-4142PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101, 109 S.Ct. 948, 103 L.Ed.2d 80 (1989), federal courts have reviewed an ERISA health plan’s denial of benefits for arbitrariness and capriciousness, so long as the plan explicitly grants discretionary authority to an administrator or other fiduciary to render benefit decisions. Now we are called upon to decide whether a fiduciary’s decision to delegate part of its Firestone authority to an independent claims *922administrator triggers de novo review. We hold that it does not.
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