United States Seventh Circuit

In a dispute involving the termination of disability benefits, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where defendant's initial termination letter and subsequent letter denying plaintiff's appeal were both insufficient to meet ERISA's requirement that specific and understandable reasons for a denial be communicated to the claimant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/21/2008
• Decided 07/23/2009
• Published 07/23/2009

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark D. Debofsky, Attorney (argued), Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael G. Cleveland, Attorney (argued), Vedder Price, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.