Kushner v. Lehigh Cement Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Plaintiff claims that his subjective complaints should be accepted at face value. The rule is to the contrary.”
• administrator with discretion entitled to independently investigate whether there is evidence to support claim
• \ERISA also does not require that an insurer seek independent medical examinations.\
• \ERISA also does not require that an insurer seek independent medical examinations.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James v. AT & T West Disability Benefits Program
  N.D. California· 2014-06-02· cited 18×
• Duran v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2009-07-01· cited 16×
• Seleine v. Fluor Corp. Long-Term Disability Plan
  C.D. California· 2009-02-11· cited 11×
• Robertson v. Standard Insurance
  D. Oregon· 2015-09-30· cited 9×
• Petrusich v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  D. Oregon· 2013-11-22· cited 3×
• Ramos v. Bank of America
  N.D. California· 2011-03-15· cited 2×
• Hodge v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
  D. Idaho· 2017-12-27· cited 2×
• Gary v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., Corp.
  D. Oregon· 2019-04-29· cited 2×
• Hamma v. Intel Corp.
  E.D. California· 2009-03-23· cited 1×
• Holifield v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA
  C.D. California· 2009-08-05· cited 1×
• Holifield v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  C.D. California· 2009-08-05· cited 1×

Cites

24 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×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,751×
• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
  Supreme Court· 2003-05-27· cited 1,373×
• Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-08-15· cited 618×
• Linda Gail Calvert v. Firstar Finance, Inc., F/k/a Star Bank Corporation, and Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
  First Circuit· 2005-05-17· cited 280×
• Patricia Elliott v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-11-15· cited 202×
• Saffon v. Wells Fargo & Co. Long Term Disability Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-04-16· cited 181×
• Donald Jebian v. Hewlett-Packard Company Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan Erisa Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 173×
• Ervin B. Madden v. Itt Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees Federal Electric Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-09-17· cited 172×
• Vicki Jordan v. Northrop Grumman Corporation Welfare Benefit Plan Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-06-01· cited 164×
• Shirley O. Fought v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-08-13· cited 148×
• Kathleen Semien v. Life Insurance Company of North America, a Cigna Company, and Bp Long Term Disability (Ltd) Plan
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-02-06· cited 108×
• Gooden v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-05-16· cited 73×
• Vercher v. Alexander & Alexander Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-10· cited 73×
• Sheehan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  S.D. New York· 2005-03-17· cited 29×
• Ronald H. Rutledge v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-03-30· cited 27×
• Sabatino v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston
  N.D. California· 2003-09-16· cited 23×
• Voight v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  C.D. California· 1998-10-15· cited 12×
• Mitchell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  C.D. California· 2007-12-03· cited 8×
• Mason v. M.F. Smith & Associates, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 2001-06-19· cited 6×