Evans v. Eaton Corp. Long Term Disability Plan

How courts have described this case

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

• noting approvingly that “[t]he benefits cancellation letter ... gave due regard to the evidence in [the beneficiary’s] favor”
• finding Plan language giving “discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits” was unambiguous
• “For more than thirty years, then, courts have balanced the need to ensure that individual claimants get the benefits to which they are entitled with the need to protect employees ... from a contraction in the total pool of benefits available.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).