United States Sixth Circuit

In an ERISA case brought against a plan administrator following its denial of a claim for disability benefits, a ruling against the administrator is affirmed where the administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it concluded that claimant was not disabled on the date that he left his job and the denial was unsupported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2007
• Published 04/03/2007

Judges

• Before:  CLAY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Angela M. Brown, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant.  Erik W. Scharf, Coconut Creek, Florida, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Angela M. Brown, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant.  Erik W. Scharf, Coconut Creek, Florida, John J. Cooper, Cooper Law Firm, Rochester, Michigan, for Appellee.