Pinkie A. Brown v. Retirement Committee of the Briggs & Stratton Retirement Plan, and Briggs & Stratton Corporation

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• initial denial letter substantially complied with requirements where claimant was able to prepare submission objecting to denial
• section 1133 not violated when company failed to provide hearing and adopt written rules or claims procedures; neither plan nor ERISA required such procedures
• certain physicians’ reports constituted substantial evidence supporting denial of claim, despite “countervailing” physicians’ reports
• inadequate notice, accompanied by minutes indicating the basis for their decision, the items considered by the retirement committee, and the assessment and weight given the items, “was sufficient to substantially comply with” regulations

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