United States Eighth Circuit

Plan's administrative committee's failure to determine the claimant's ability to work and whether he was, in fact, working constituted an abuse of discretion; case remanded for a determination of whether claimant was in fact gainfully employed during the period he claimed to be disabled.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2002
• Published 04/01/2002

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Chief Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HANSEN, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura J. McKinnon, Fayetteville, AR, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher F. Woomer, Mountainburg, AR, argued (Michael R. Jones, on the brief), for appellee.