Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Damon

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 29, 1996No. 94SC558PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kirshbaum

In Damon v. Unisys Corp., 892 P.2d 350 (Colo.App.1994), the court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s conclusion that a decision by petitioner Unisys Corporation (Uni- sys) to deny continued benefits to beneficiary Edith Damon (Damon) under an employee benefits plan established pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1994) (ERISA), was arbitrary and capricious. Damon, 892 P.2d at 357. Having granted Uni-sys’ petition for certiorari review of the court of appeals’ decision, we affirm.

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