Putney v. Medical Mutual

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that an administrator’s failure to satisfy ERISA notice requirements was “neither significant nor outcome determinative” where the “procedural failures did not prevent [the claimant] from gaining information necessary to contest his denial of benefits”
• noting plaintiff provided no evidence supporting his allegation that defendant did not permit him to develop the administrative record and no evidence that could have influenced or did influence defendant’s decision to deny benefits
• principles of estoppel cannot be applied to vary terms of unambiguous plan

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-08-07· cited 219×
• John T. Gore v. El Paso Energy Corporation Long Term Disability Plan and El Paso Energy Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-02-23· cited 69×
• Myers v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  E.D. Tennessee· 2008-09-22· cited 22×
• Mullins v. Prudential Insurance
  W.D. Kentucky· 2010-04-30· cited 21×
• Geiger v. Pfizer, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2010-12-13· cited 14×
• Gluc v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America
  W.D. Kentucky· 2015-08-05· cited 12×
• Kinsler v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2009-09-21· cited 7×
• Moore v. Lafayette Life Insurance
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-08-07· cited 6×
• Baker v. Ohio Operating Eng'rs Pension Plan
  S.D. Ohio· 2018-05-07· cited 3×
• SCHULTZ-WELLER v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 2009-11-20· cited 1×
• Gore v. El Paso Energy Corp
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-02-23

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Varity Corp. v. Howe
  Supreme Court· 1996-03-19· cited 1,806×
• Robert D. Sprague, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-01-07· cited 738×
• William C. Lewis v. Acb Business Services, Inc., (96-3093/3498), American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. James P. Connors, (96-3498)
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-01-30· cited 643×
• Bob G. Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. Life Insurance Company of North America
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-08-04· cited 535×
• Lloyd Marks v. Newcourt Credit Group, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 279×
• State v. Warner
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-10-26· cited 256×
• Pens. Plan Guide P 23922q Juanita Yeager v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-07-08· cited 244×