Legal Opinion
Lutheran Medical Center of Omaha v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters & Engineers Health & Welfare Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1994No. 93-1695PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters and Engineers Health and Welfare Plan appeals from a judgment of the district court1 awarding Lutheran Medical Center of Omaha and Dr. William Henderson benefits related to the medical costs incurred by Frances Rodriguez, 814 F.Supp. 799. The Plan argues on appeal that the district court: (1) erred in ruling Lutheran and Henderson had standing to sue the Plan; (2) erred in concluding the trustees’ denial of benefits was arbitrary and capricious; (3) erred in admitting a letter from one of the Plan’s attorneys regarding…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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