United States Fourth Circuit

In an ERISA action against employer and sponsor for disability retirement benefits, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where defendant employer's denial of his claims was procedurally and substantively unreasonable and therefore constituted an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2007
• Published 06/12/2007

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Bruce McCoy Steen, McGuirewoods, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.  James B. Gillespie, Jr., Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Susan P. Dion, McGuirewoods, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.