United States Seventh Circuit

In a dispute involving a denial of long-term disability benefits, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where, although the court properly reviewed defendant's decision under the abuse-of-discretion standard, the case must be remanded to allow the court to adequately account for defendant's structural conflict of interest as required by the decision in Glenn.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/08/2009
• Decided 08/06/2009
• Published 08/06/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Swofford, Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.