Sansom v. Southern Railway Co.

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• concluding that policy provision that a participant “may appeal” establishes administrative exhaustion requirement
• noting that “the exhaustion of administrative review procedures [is] a jurisdictional prerequisite to any suit to recover ERISA benefits”
• “To the extent [plaintiff] asserts that [defendant’s] initial unreasonable denial of her benefits claim indicates the futility of further appeal, this court has expressly ruled that such allegations are insufficient to establish futility ....”

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