Legal Opinion
Champion v. Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 19, 2008No. 07-1991PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON and Senior Judge ELLIS joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we review an ERISA plan’s discretionary determination denying disability benefits to an employee where the plan’s administrator is alleged to have operated under a conflict of interest. Before the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, -U.S.-, 128 S.Ct. 2343, 171 L.Ed.2d 299 (2008), we would have either applied a modified abuse-of-discretion standard of review to neutralize any effect…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- The Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital, Incorporated v. Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Brenda Elliott v. Sara Lee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Evans v. Eaton Corp. Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Tom Colucci v. Agfa Corporation Severance Pay PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Williams v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Holland v. International Paper Co. Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Estate of Schwing v. the Lilly Health PlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Carden v. Aetna Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
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