Kimber v. Thiokol Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that when “more than one interpretation” of a plan “is rational, the administrator can choose any rational alternative”
• further noting that the \due to\ language was ambiguous and open to interpretation
• adopting rule and discussing cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

101 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fleisher v. Standard Insurance
  Third Circuit· 2012-05-17· cited 357×
• Zurich North America v. Matrix Service, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-10-18· cited 280×
• EUGENE S. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-11-15· cited 205×
• Weyer v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-01-03· cited 196×
• Caldwell v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-04-30· cited 177×
• Shirley O. Fought v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-08-13· cited 148×
• Murphy v. Deloitte & Touche Group Insurance Plan
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-09-08· cited 131×
• Sirva Relocation, LLC v. Golar Richie
  First Circuit· 2015-07-20· cited 97×
• Gaither v. Aetna Life Insurance
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-11-03· cited 85×
• Adamson v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-08-02· cited 82×
• Nance v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-07-02· cited 75×
• Cummings v. Norton
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-01-04· cited 71×
• Miller v. Monumental Life Insurance
  Tenth Circuit· 2007-09-25· cited 65×
• Graham v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-12-29· cited 65×
• Madeline D. v. Anthem Health Plans of Ky., Inc.
  D. Utah· 2019-02-13· cited 56×
• Finley v. Hewlett-Packard Co. Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-08-16· cited 52×
• Rekstad v. U.S. Bancorp
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-06-21· cited 48×
• Joseph F. v. Sinclair Services Co.
  D. Utah· 2016-01-25· cited 43×
• Kolton v. County of Anoka
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-13· cited 42×
• W. v. Health Net Life Insurance Company
  Tenth Circuit· 2023-11-21· cited 42×

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Bragdon v. Abbott
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 1,379×
• Vilma Lissette Vega Jose Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., Pan-American Life Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-01· cited 357×
• Gloria Pagan v. Nynex Pension Plan and Nynex Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1995-04-12· cited 344×
• Dan M.. Sandoval v. Aetna Life And Casualty Insurance Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-06-16· cited 233×
• Parker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-08-01· cited 203×
• Colleen v. Ford v. Schering-Plough Corporation Schering Corporation Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Third Circuit· 1998-05-22· cited 200×
• Jim L. Woolsey v. Marion Laboratories, Inc. Marion Laboratories, Inc., Profit Sharing Plan
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-06-04· cited 191×
• Cagle v. Bruner
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-05-22· cited 168×
• Chambers v. Family Health Plan Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-11-13· cited 152×
• Jesse Adams v. Director, Owcp
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-09-29· cited 141×
• Richard H. Heasley, Sr. And Doris G. Heasley v. Belden & Blake Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1993-07-30· cited 134×
• Daniel A. Spacek v. The Maritime Association, I L a Pension Plan, and Trustees of the Agreement of Trust
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-22· cited 91×
• Mary Jo Krauel v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-09-11· cited 89×
• Jones v. Kodak Medical Assistance Plan
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-03-04· cited 88×
• Rhorer v. Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-07-15· cited 85×
• Donna Cole Winters v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, a Washington Corporation Concept Administrators, Inc., a California Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-03-06· cited 83×
• Linda McGraw v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-03-06· cited 82×
• Hughes v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance
  First Circuit· 1994-07-18· cited 77×
• Charlie McGee and Cross-Appellee v. Equicor-Equitable Hca Corporation, and Equicor Health Plan, Inc., and Cross-Appellants
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-01-13· cited 77×