Siegel v. Connecticut General Life Ins., et al, No. 12-1897 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a former software developer for Lockheed Martin Corporation, brought this action for judicial review after Connecticut General terminated his disability benefits in 2007. The court held that the district court properly applied an abuse of discretion standard; on the record, it was not an abuse of discretion to terminate plaintiff's benefits; and the district court did not err in denying plaintiff an opportunity to depose the expert at issue. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Civil case - ERISA. District court correctly reviewed the plan administrator's decision under an abuse-of-discretion standard; plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in terminating plaintiff's benefits as there was substantial evidence to support the determination that he was able to work and was not totally disabled.
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