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· 8/26/2015

Mirza v. Insurance Administrator of America, Inc.

Citations

  • 800 F.3d 129
  • 60 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1709
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 15068
  • 2015 WL 5024159

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that an administrator’s failure to include the time limit on seeking judicial review of an adverse benefit determination violates 28 U.S.C. § 1133
  • reasoning that the use of “including” signified that “civil actions are logically one of the review procedures envisioned by the Department of Labor”
  • reasoning that the use of “including” signified that “civil actions are logically one of the review procedures envisioned by the Department of Labor”
  • borrowing state statute of limitations for contract claims where the plan administrator’s regulatory violation rendered, the plan’s limitations period not triggered
  • “One of the purposes of 29 U.S.C. § 1133 . . . is to provide claimants with adequate information to ensure effective judicial review.”
  • “[The defendant] first denied the claim on June 2, 2010, explaining that supporting documentation was missing.”

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Judges: Fuentes, Greenaway, Sloviter

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