United States Tenth Circuit

In an action concerning defendant's denial of disability benefits under an ERISA plan, summary judgment for defendant is vacated where: 1) the court's case law prohibited courts from considering materials outside the administrative record where the extra-record materials sought to be introduced related to a claimant's eligibility for benefits; and 2) neither a claimant nor an administrator should be allowed to use discovery to engage in unnecessarily broad discovery that slows the efficient resolution of an ERISA claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2010
• Published 09/08/2010

Judges

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Rosati, Jack M. Englert, Jr.