Legal Opinion
June Saffle v. Sierra Pacific Power Company Bargaining Unit Long Term Disability Income Plan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1996No. 95-15688PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide what should happen when district courts (or we) conclude that an ERISA plan administrator with discretionary authority to interpret and apply a plan has misconstrued the document and applied an incorrect standard to its benefits determination.
June Saffle applied for occupational disability benefits under the Sierra Pacific Power Company Bargaining Unit Long Term Disability Plan, an employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., on the basis of being totally disabled from…
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