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· 10/14/2005

Buffonge v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Citations

  • 426 F.3d 20
  • 36 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1476
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 22197
  • 2005 WL 2596778

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that administrator’s denial of long-term disability benefits was arbitrary because it was unreasonable to rely on report of doctor who clearly misrepresented medical evidence
  • concluding remand as the proper remedy when the “problem is with the integrity of [the plan administrator]’s decision-making process”
  • concluding remand as the proper remedy when the “problem is with the integrity of [the plan administrator]’s decision-making process”
  • concluding remand as the proper remedy when the “problem is with the integrity of [the plan administrator]’s decision-making process”
  • concluding remand as the proper remedy when the “problem is with the integrity of [the plan administrator]’s decision-making process”
  • noting that the \appropriate response\ when the \integrity\ of a claim administrator's \decision-making process\ was compromised is to give the claimant the \benefit of an untainted process\

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Judges: Lynch, Howard, Restani

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