Tikkanen v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO AFFIRM PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION, DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REVERSE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION, AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH PREJUDICE

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

This ERISA denial-of-benefits case presents two questions for resolution: (1) what is the appropriate standard of review; and (2) whether defendant Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston wrongfully concluded that plaintiff Thad Tikka-nen could perform a limited range of sedentary work and therefore was ineligible for long term disability benefits. The Court heard oral…