Legal Opinion
Mitchell Bounds v. Bell Atlantic Enterprises Flexible Long-Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1994No. 93-3739PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Mitchell Bounds appeals the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment dismissing his claim for additional long-term disability benefits against Bell Atlantic Enterprises Flexible Long-Term Disability Plan (the “Plan”). The claim is governed by ERISA. See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Bounds argues that the district court improperly applied a deferential standard in reviewing the Plan’s decision to deny benefits. Concluding that summary judgment was appropriate under a de novo standard as well, we affirm.
Bounds worked for Bell Atlantic Enterprises until mid-January, 1988.…
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