Legal Opinion
Kimberly Frazier v. Life Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2013No. 12-6216PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZOUHARY, District Judge.
Kimberly Frazier filed this lawsuit against Life Insurance Company of North America (“LINA”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., seeking to obtain long term disability (“LTD”) and other benefits allegedly owed her under an employer-sponsored insurance policy (“Policy”) issued by LINA. The district court granted judgment for LINA, reasoning that LINA had the discretionary authority to deny Frazier’s claim, and that the denial of benefits was neither arbitrary nor capricious. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Frazier’s Medical…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Connie M. Miller v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Williams v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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