United States Seventh Circuit

An ERISA plan administrator's decision to deny benefits should be reviewed de novo, and its decision to confine benefits to a two-hour time period was unreasonable. Award of fees, costs, and prejudgment interest was proper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2002
• Decided 08/23/2002
• Published 08/23/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., BEFORE:  COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph W. Phebus (argued), Phebus & Winkelmann, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Peter W. Brandt, Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, Bloomington, IL, Michael A. Wozniak (argued), Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, Champaign, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.