United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant, plan administrator, in an ERISA case challenging defendant's termination of plaintiff's long-term disability benefits pursuant to a determination that he was no longer disabled is affirmed where the district court did not err in applying an abuse of discretion standard to defendant's decisions, and defendant did not abuse its discretion in terminating plaintiff's benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2006
• Published 02/22/2006

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leon Marks, argued, Little Rock, AR (L. Oneal Sutter, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Byron Freeland, argued, Little Rock, AR (Leigh Anne Shults, on the brief), for appellee.