Alfredo Ruiz v. Continental Casualty Company and Sterling, Incorporated, Long Term Disability Plan

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• holding that it was not arbitrary and capricious to require objective evidence of functional limitations
• noting that “the primary evidence supporting Ruiz’s claim that he cannot perform any work for which he is trained was his own subjective complaints of pain” and finding such evidence insufficient to render the administrator’s denial unreasonable
• collecting cases and holding that an employer’s disability insurance policy, together with certificates issued to employees, constituted ERISA plan documents
• noting that “the primary evidence supporting Ruiz’s claim that he cannot per- form any work for which he is trained was his own sub- jective complaints of pain” and finding such evidence insufficient to render the administrator’s denial unreason- able
• collecting 16 cases and holding that an employer’s disability insurance policy, together with 17 certificates issued to employees, constituted ERISA plan documents
• “The measure of whether a person is a fiduciary is not whether that person is formally designated as such. Instead, a fiduciary should be viewed in functional terms of control and authority over the plan”

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