Angela Johnson v. American United Life Insurance

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• recognizing that a court conducting a de novo review should concern itself only with the “correctness, not the reasonableness,” of the denial
• explaining that, on de novo review, “[the court’s] job is to make [its] own independent determination of whether [the plaintiff] was entitled to the [requested] benefits”
• noting a policy exclusion for “hang-gliding, bungee jumping, automobile racing, motorcycle racing, skydiving, rock climbing, or mountain climbing.”
• collecting examples of Jane’s interactions with nursing staff in the evening, at night and early morning
• noting a policy exclusion for “hang-gliding, bungee jumping, automobile racing, motorcycle racing, skydiving, rock climbing, or mountain climbing.”
• examining language of ERISA insurance policy provision to determine plan participant's eligibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).