McDowell v. Standard Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• finding the insurer’s gross misapplication of ERISA’s tolling provision, which delayed its decision for months, resulted in unacceptable delays, amounting to a failure to follow its plan
• “In sum, plaintiff is deemed to have exhausted his administrative remedies, and therefore, defendant’s prayer for remand or dismissal on exhaustion grounds is denied.”
• “[The third-party claims administrator] has unilateral authority to begin tolling an extension period insofar as [the third-party claims administrator] has discretion to determine what ‘necessary’ information is lacking.”
• “The Court appreciates that in an ideal world,, a disability claim reviewer would have the claimant’s complete medical records before him or her when deciding a claim. However, the regulations clearly contemplate that the clock will be running in less than ideal conditions”

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