Legal Opinion
Doroshow v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 2009No. 08-2836PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Jay Doroshow appeals the District Court order granting summary judgment in favor of Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company. The District Court found that Hartford had not been arbitrary and capricious in its decision to deny long term disability benefits to Doroshow under an employee welfare benefit plan, governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. For the following reasons, we will affirm that decision.
I. Background
Doroshow was an employee of the CVS Corporation and participated in its Long Term…
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