Linda McGraw v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• approving of an order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to a district court to “dismiss [a lawsuit] without prejudice so that plaintiffs could proceed administratively.”
• “A decision to deny benefits is arbitrary and capricious if it is not a reasonable interpretation of the plan’s terms.”
• “[B]ecause every exercise of discretion impacts Prudential financially, filling or depleting its coffers,- we afford its decisions less deference depending on the degree of conflict manifest.”
• “We may disturb [a district court’s refusal to excuse failure to exhaust] only if it represents a clear abuse of discretion.”
• “[B]ecause every exercise of discretion impacts Prudential financially, filling or depleting its coffers, we afford its decisions less deference depending on the degree of conflict manifest.”
• “Because ERISA itself does not specifically require the exhaustion of remedies available under pension plans, courts have applied this requirement as a matter of judicial discretion.” (internal citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).