Lonnie Patterson v. Caterpillar, Incorporated

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• determining that, under the arbitrary and capricious standard, “any questions of judgment” are left to the plan administrator
• observing that court “must be very confident that the decisionmaker overlooked something important or seriously erred in appreciating the significance of the evidence” (internal citation omitted)
• stating that court “must be very confident that the decisionmaker overlooked something important”
• “benefits will be payable only upon receipt by the Insurance Carrier or Company of ... due proof ... of such disability”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).