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· 11/30/2001

Patrick J. O'Reilly v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company

Citations

  • 272 F.3d 955
  • 27 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1159
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 25435
  • 2001 WL 1518765

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that ERISA requires a “reasonable inquiry,” not a “full‐blown investigation” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • explaining that ERISA requires a “reasonable inquiry,” not a “full-blown investigation” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • explaining that ERISA requires a “reasonable inquiry” not a “full-blown investigation”
  • explaining that plan administrator acted reasonably by seeking specialized input and distinguishing Quinn v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Ass’n, 161 F.3d 472, 476 (7th Cir. 1998) abrogated on other grounds by Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 560 U.S. 242 (2010)
  • vocational expert supplied “quite detailed” reports that included “specific information about Mr. O’Reilly’s abilities and limitation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Ripple, Kanne

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