Jesse Solomon v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Shedd joined.

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the issue of whether the plan administrator for Defendants-Appellants, the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan and the NFL Player Supplemental Disability Plan (collectively, the “Plan”), abused its discretion in denying a certain type of disability benefits to Plaintiff-Appellee Jesse Solomon. After the plan administrator determined that Solomon’s disability-onset date rendered him ineligible for the benefits he sought, Solomon brought suit…