Brown v. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the futility exception is narrow and mere doubt that an appeal will result in a different decision is insufficient
• affirming dismissal of a section 1132 claim against an insurance company that was a claims administrator, but not the plan administrator
• upholding dismissal of employer on summary judgment when the claims administrator, not the employer was responsible for processing claims, determining eligibility, and paying benefits under the plan
• “Governing precedent forecloses ... argument that Prudential was the ‘de facto plan administrator.’ ”
• “[W]e agree with our sister circuits that a plan administrator may not be penalized under § 1132(c) for a violation of the regulations to § 1133”
• “One of the purposes of § 1133 is to provide claimants with sufficient information to prepare adequately for … an appeal to the federal courts”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).