Lynd v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Bringing this action under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., plaintiff-appellant Edward E. Lynd (Lynd) alleged in his complaint that the benefits he had been receiving pursuant to a long-term disability plan were wrongfully terminated. In his appeal of the district court’s rulings on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment, Lynd presently contends that the district court reviewed the plan administrator’s decision to terminate these benefits under an inappropriate standard of review, and that the grant of summary judgment dismissing his suit was erroneous.

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