Evelyn L. Houston v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that language granting discretion to the plan administrator found in the insurance policy was sufficient to trigger arbitrary and capricious review
• holding that “the MRI merely aided the diagnosis of a herniated disc, and the record offers insufficient objective documentation that this medical condition rendered [the plaintiff] unable to … work”
• in concluding that a defendant was entitled to the arbitrary and capricious standard noted that “the policy grants Provident ‘full, exclusive, and discretionary authority to control, manage, and administer claims.’ ”
• typical ERISA case showing the necessity of an administrative record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).