Curtis Baxter, Thomas F. Brill and E.R. Whinham, Attorneys-Appellants v. C.A. Muer Corporation and Northern Group Services, Inc.

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• adopting abuse of discretion standard to a district court’s decision to apply exhaustion requirement
• person without power to make plan policies or interpretations and who performs purely ministerial functions such as processing claims, applying plan eligibility rules, communicating with employees, and calculating benefits is not a fiduciary under ERISA

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