United States Sixth Circuit
Gaeth v. Hartford Life Ins. Co., 06-6490
An award of attorney's fees to claimant pursuant to a finding that plan administrator's termination of long term disability benefits was arbitrary and capricious because it was not supported by any medical evidence of claimant's physical condition is vacated and remanded for reconsideration where the district court erred in its analysis under two of the factors of the test set forth by Secretary of the Department of Labor v. King, 775 F.2d 666 (6th Cir. 1985).
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/19/2008
- Published 08/19/2008
Judges
- Before: BATCHELDER and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; ZOUHARY, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ON BRIEF: Barry A. Chasnoff, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, Texas, Michael C. Small, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Los Angeles, California, Robert L. Steinmetz, Gwin, Steinmetz, Miller & Baird, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Jeffrey A. Darling, Reinhardt & Associates, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.