Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse 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.

• upholding plan administrator’s decision when multiple health professionals found that claimant was not disabled and opinions found support in medical evidence
• “When the case is borderline . . . the inherent conflict of interest . . . can push it over the edge -- towards a finding of capriciousness.”
• “This doesn’t make us a rubber stamp . . . . [and] we remain cognizant of the conflict of interest that exists when the administrator has both the discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits and the obligation to pay benefits when due.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).