Legal Opinion
Orndorf v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 15, 2005No. 04-1520PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to address what is meant by de novo judicial review under ERISA of a denial of benefits when the ERISA plan does not preserve discretion in the plan administrator. That raises concomitant questions of whether the claimant is entitled to trial in the district court and what, if any, evidence may be admitted that is not in the administrative record before the ERISA administrative decision maker. Our conclusion is that given the nature of the claimant’s challenge here — that he did in fact establish his eligibility to benefits before the ERISA decision…
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