Legal Opinion

Bruce J. Bernards v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 25, 1993No. 93-1341, 93-1468PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Per curiam

United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (“United”) appeals a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Bruce J. Bernards in this suit to enforce his rights under an ERISA health benefits plan. See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). The district court concluded that United’s denial of Bernards’s request for health insurance benefits was arbitrary and capricious and ordered United to provide the benefits in question. Because the parties agree that Bernards’s medical condition is rapidly deteriorating and the outcome of this suit may affect the medical treatment he is afforded, we…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Drexel Finley and Grace Finley v. Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Howard E. Cox v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. Retirement Plan Northern Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jane Donaho v. Fmc Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, as Plan Administrator of the Fmc Long-Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  2. Doloros Donatelli v. The Home Insurance Company, Cooper Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  3. Mariann Collins v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  4. Ernest M. Bolling v. Eli Lilly and Company Employee Benefits Committee, Ernest M. Bolling v. Eli Lilly and Company Employee Benefits CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  5. Thomas Sturges v. Hy-Vee Employee Benefit Plan and Trust, Thomas Sturges v. Hy-Vee Employee Benefit Plan and TrustCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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