Wages v. Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.

NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an ERISA case that arises out of the denial of a claim for permanent disability benefits under an employee benefit plan. The district court dismissed the plaintiff employee’s challenge to the denial of the benefits, concluding that as a matter of law the administrative record failed to show that the decision to deny benefits was arbitrary and capricious. We have reached the same conclusion upon de novo review of the record, and the judgment entered by the district court will therefore be affirmed.

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The plaintiff, Regina Wages, began working for defendant Sandler…