United States Eighth Circuit

In an ERISA action alleging that Federal Express wrongfully denied plaintiff's claim for total disability benefits under its long term disability plan, summary judgment for Federal Express is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly reviewed the adverse decision under the abuse of discretion standard as plaintiff did not show either a procedural irregularity or a conflict of interest sufficiently connected to the decision; and 2) substantial evidence in the administrative record as a whole supported the decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2007
• Published 07/03/2007

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Robert J. Leighton, St. Paul, MN.   Also appearing on the brief was Mark M. Nolan, St. Paul, MN.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Colby S. Morgan, Jr., Memphis, TN.