Kahler Co. v. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co.

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• recognizing that “[a]n entity is a proper defendant under [29 U.S.C.] § 1132(a)(1)(B) only if it has the discretion to award the benefits at issue”
• granting employer’s motion to dismiss because although employer was the designated plan administrator, it delegated to claims administrator “full and final authority to make claims decisions and decide appeals of those decisions,” and employer “retained no authority in this respect”
• summary plan description providing that claims administrator’s “decision[s] shall be final and binding to the full extent permitted by law” (emphasis omitted)

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