Legal Opinion
Gross v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 16, 2013No. 12-1175PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine, inter alia, whether the “safe harbor” exception to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) applies to the long term disability insurance policy that covers appellant Diahann Gross. The district court found that it did not. The court therefore held that Gross’s state law claims were preempted. Furthermore,- it concluded that her insurer was entitled to the highly deferential “arbitrary and capricious” review. prescribed for certain ERISA benefits decisions. Using that standard, the court upheld the insurer’s denial…
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