United States Ninth Circuit

Where an ERISA insurer was acting under a conflict of interest, a de novo review of the administrative record in a disability determination shows that an employee was disabled within the meaning of the ERISA plan, for the first 30 months of coverage.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2001
• Decided 07/15/2002
• Published 07/15/2002

Judges

• Before: B. FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence D. Rohlfing,Rohlfing Law Firm, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lee T. Paterson, Amanda C. Sommerfeld, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee.