United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants regarding their denial of plaintiff's ERISA claim for disability benefits is reversed where defendant plan administrator's stated reasons for denying benefits were invalid, and there were no outstanding questions of fact regarding plaintiff's medical condition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2006
• Published 01/10/2006

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark D. DeBofsky, argued, Chicago, IL, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Campbell Helton, argued, Des Moines, IA (Jaki K. Samuelson, on the brief), for appellees.