John T. Gore v. El Paso Energy Corporation Long Term Disability Plan and El Paso Energy Corporation

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• concluding that § 502(a)(1)(B) claim was distinct from § 502(a)(3) claim based upon misrepresentation of benefits
• holding that breach- of-fiduciary-duty claim was not a repackaged denial-of-benefits claim when beneficiary alleged he was led “to believe that he had two years of ‘own occupation’ benefits” when he really did not
• finding that defendant could not be sued under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) when it was not responsible for the denial of benefits
• “It is well, established that only plan administrators are liable for statutory penalties under § 1132(c).” (citation omitted)
• [The employer] cannot be sued under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) because [the administrator] was solely responsible for the denial of benefits.”

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