Legal Opinion
Jack Leeson v. Transamerica Disability Income
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2012No. 10-35380PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Jack Leeson (“Leeson”), a former employee of Defendant Transamerica Corporation (“Transamerica”), filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq., to challenge the termination of his long-term disability benefits. The district court, applying an abuse of discretion standard of review, upheld the Transamerica Corporation Disability Income Plan’s decision to terminate his benefits. Leeson appealed. In a prior disposition, we reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Transamerica and…
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