United States Eighth Circuit

A health benefit plan's administrator acted reasonably in denying coverage for an experimental bowel replacement surgery because a reasonable person could have, based upon the same evidence, reached a similar decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/21/2002
• Published 02/21/2002

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, BEAM and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary T. LaFleur, Anoka, Minnesota, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tracy J. Van Steenburgh, Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued, for appellee.