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· 4/9/2014

Nicole Cultrona v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.

Citations

  • 748 F.3d 698
  • 57 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2549
  • 2014 WL 1378131
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6486

How courts have described this case

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

  • assessing damages of $55 per day where there was neither prejudice nor bad faith
  • upholding an award of penalties against defendants for not sending documents in response to a general request for “all documents” when the defendant had other evidence as to the documents plaintiff sought
  • discussing exclusion where the “Covered Person [is] deemed and presumed, under the law of the locale in which the Injury is sustained, to be under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating liquors.” (emphasis omitted)
  • discussing exclusion where the “Covered Person [is] deemed and presumed, under the law of the locale in which the Injury is sustained, to be under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating liquors.” (emphasis omitted)
  • “[T]he key question under the clear-notice standard is whether the plan administrator knew or should have known which documents were being requested.”
  • “[A] conflict of interest, standing alone, does not require reversal.”

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Judges: Gilman, Cook, McKeague

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