United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit over the denial of long term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the plan administrator did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in denying benefits based on a lack of evidence about the functional impact of plaintiff's illness; 2) the plaintiff received a full and fair review; and 3) the plan administrator properly reviewed the physicians' findings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2007
• Published 11/01/2007

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Bryant (argued), Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lynn U. Thorpe (argued), Elizabeth A. McDuffie, Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.