Rasenack Ex Rel. Tribolet v. AIG Life Insurance

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• holding that courts apply de novo review, even if the plan provides discretion, if the defendant did not substantially comply with ERISA regulations
• concluding plan administrator abused its discretion when it inexplicably disregarded highly probative medical evidence and affidavits favorable to claimant
• stating the administrator “cherry-picked the information helpful to its decision to deny” benefits “and disregarded the contrary opinions of the medical professionals”
• applying de novo review where administrator failed to render a final decision within ERISA’s temporal limits
• declining to extend deference because AIG supplied no “good faith” justification for its repeated violations of ERISA-mandated deadlines
• noting the administrator “fail[ed] to even acknowledge Dr. Weintraub’s conclusion that Mr. Rasenack suffered complete and irreversible hemiplegia”

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