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· 3/4/1999

Meditrust Financial Services Corp. v. Sterling Chemicals, Inc.

Citations

  • 168 F.3d 211
  • 22 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2881
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3643
  • 1999 WL 74202

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that a plan’s determination regarding medical necessity of treatment involved a review of facts rather than an issue of contract interpretation
  • labelling a factual dispute about \medical necessity\ as a question of \eligibility determination\
  • rejecting the standard-of-review argument that Blue Cross advances here
  • review confined to record available to administrator

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Judges: Jones, Smith, Garza

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