La Flandre

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• concluding that state law that “affects key plan documents such as the [Beneficiary] Designation Form . . . is preempted by ERISA”
• holding denial is arbitrary and capricious where plan administrator or fiduciary has “impose[d] a standard not required by the plan’s provisions, or interpret[ed] the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words”
• applying the arbitrary and capricious standard of review where the plan stated “[t]he Trustees shall determine any questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan”
• “The Trustees shall determine any questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan.”
• denial is arbitrary and capricious where plan administrator or fiduciary has “impose[d] a standard not required by the plan’s provisions, or interpreted] the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).