(Download) "Pinto V. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company" by Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Pinto V. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 31, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
Description
This appeal concerns the standard courts should use when reviewing a denial of a request for benefits under an ERISA plan by an insurance company which, pursuant to a contract with an employing company, both determines eligibility for benefits, and pays those benefits out of its own funds. This question, and variations thereof, have bedeviled the federal courts since considered dicta in Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989), gave opaque direction about how courts should review discretionary benefits denials by potentially conflicted ERISA fiduciaries. In Firestone, the Court instructed that the "arbitrary and capricious" standard was appropriate but that a conflict of interest should be considered as a "factor" in applying this standard.
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