Champion v. Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that after Glenn the court “must take a new approach” to evaluating conflicted plan administrator’s decisions
• addressing the impact of Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn,-U.S.-, 128 S.Ct. 2343, 171 L.Ed.2d 299 (2008), on our standard of review when a conflict of interest exists
• reiterating the “familiar standard” that “a discretionary determination will be upheld if reasonable”
• finding no abuse of discretion where the Plan cured any initial procedural irregularities
• “[C]ourts are to apply [] the abuse-of-discretion standard for reviewing discretionary determinations by [an] administrator” and, “[u]nder that familiar standard, a discretionary determination will be upheld if reasonable”
• abandoning sliding scale approach, after Glenn

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Holland v. International Paper Co. Retirement Plan
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-07-16· cited 150×
• Williams v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-06-30· cited 145×
• Estate of Schwing v. the Lilly Health Plan
  Third Circuit· 2009-04-14· cited 96×
• Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability Plan
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-04· cited 64×
• Carden v. Aetna Life Insurance
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-03-11· cited 48×
• Chronister v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-04-30· cited 25×
• Clark v. Unum Life Insurance of America
  D. Maryland· 2011-09-27· cited 18×
• Kenneth Fortier v. Principal Life Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-01-11· cited 13×
• L.B. ex rel. Brock v. United Behavioral Health, Inc.
  W.D. North Carolina· 2014-09-16· cited 6×
• Bruce v. Hartford
  E.D. Virginia· 2014-05-01· cited 5×
• Colby v. Assurant Employee Benefits
  D. Massachusetts· 2011-10-12· cited 5×
• Worsley v. Aetna Life Insurance
  W.D. North Carolina· 2011-01-25· cited 4×
• Jesse Solomon v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-06-23· cited 4×
• Clark v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  S.D. West Virginia· 2013-03-22· cited 4×
• Hilton v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  E.D. Virginia· 2013-08-22· cited 4×
• Wilkinson v. Sun Life & Health Insurance
  W.D. North Carolina· 2015-09-01· cited 3×
• Savani v. Washington Safety Management Solutions, LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-03-20· cited 3×
• Piepenhagen v. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
  W.D. Virginia· 2009-02-27· cited 2×
• McGhee v. Aetna Life Insurance
  W.D. North Carolina· 2014-10-29· cited 2×
• Tortora v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
  D. South Carolina· 2016-02-08· cited 2×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,751×
• The Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital, Incorporated v. Travelers Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-08-15· cited 152×
• Evans v. Eaton Corp. Long Term Disability Plan
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-01-08· cited 146×
• Brenda Elliott v. Sara Lee Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-09-14· cited 142×
• Tom Colucci v. Agfa Corporation Severance Pay Plan
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-11-28· cited 43×
• Guthrie v. NATIONAL RURAL ELEC. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-12-11· cited 21×
• Stanford v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-01-23· cited 13×