United States Fourth Circuit
Evans v. Eaton Corp. Long Term Disability Plan, 06-2252
In suit by terminated employee to recover long-term disability benefits under ERISA, award of benefits to plaintiff is reversed where the district court applied a de novo review standard rather than an abuse of discretion standard.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/08/2008
- Published 01/08/2008
Judges
- Before WILKINSON and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and CLAUDE M. HILTON, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Jeffrey David Zimon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, for Appellant. Robert Edward Hoskins, Foster Law Firm, L.L.P., Greenville, SC, for Appellee. Anna K. Raske, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.