Hurse v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Dr. James Hurse appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) in Hurse’s action pursuant to § 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), challenging the Plan Administrator’s denial of his claim for payment of long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits. Hurse argues that Hartford should have applied the “treating physician rule” to his ERISA claim; that Hartford’s decision denying benefits was unsupported and…