Legal Opinion

Ernest M. Bolling v. Eli Lilly and Company Employee Benefits Committee, Ernest M. Bolling v. Eli Lilly and Company Employee Benefits Committee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 7, 1993No. 92-2110, 92-2684PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Former employee Ernest M. Bolling requested benefits under Eli Lilly and Company’s (Eli Lilly) extended disability benefits plan. Bolling asserted he resigned in 1984 because he was disabled from working because of depression and other mental problems caused by a 1983 work-related head injury. Finding there was insufficient evidence to show Bolling was disabled when he resigned, the Employee Benefits Committee (Committee) denied Bolling’s request. Bolling then filed this action under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) to recover plan benefits. The district court concluded the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Howard E. Cox v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., a Kansas Corporation, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. Retirement Plan Northern Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Bruce J. Bernards v. United of Omaha Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Jane Donaho v. Fmc Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, as Plan Administrator of the Fmc Long-Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  2. Alton Cash v. Wal-Mart Group Health PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  3. Miller v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  4. Sherrie A. Farley v. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  5. Lutheran Medical Center v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters And Engineers Health And Welfare PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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