Legal Opinion
Maria H. Pinto v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 19, 2000No. 99-5028PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This appeal concerns the standard courts should use when reviewing a denial of a request for benefits under an ERISA plan by an insurance company which, pursuant to a contract with an employing company, both determines eligibility for benefits, and pays those benefits out of its own funds. This, question, and variations thereof, have bedeviled the federal courts since considered dicta in Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101, 109 S.Ct. 948, 103 L.Ed.2d 80 (1989), gave opaque direction about how courts should review discretionary benefits…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Rex T. KEARNEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Connie M. Miller v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Gloria Pagan v. Nynex Pension Plan and Nynex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by229 opinions
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- Shirley O. Fought v. Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Miller v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Denmark v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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