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· 6/22/1970

Khabiri v. Coleman

Citations

  • 399 U.S. 901

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that \ERISA preempts state law and lets a health and welfare plan draft its own rules\
  • explaining that circuit courts appear split over the degree of plan language specificity required to trigger deferential review of trustee determinations
  • holding \magic words\ are not necessary for a grant of discretion
  • lower court properly disposed of the question of whether “besotted driving caused the craek-up” when no evidence suggested any genesis unrelated to the plaintiffs imbibing
  • because drunk driving is illegal activity under Illinois law, insured not able to recover for the injuries he sustained in a drunk driving accident

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