Spencer Norris, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sue Pollock v. Citibank, N.A. Disability Plan (501), Aetna Life Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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• affirming reversal of termination of benefits where there was little, if any, record evidence from which reasonable person could find claimant not disabled
• reversing termination of benefits where there was little, if any, record evidence from which reasonable person could find claimant not disabled
• “A plan administrator’s fact-based disability decision is reasonable if it is supported by ‘substantial evidence.’ ”
• under abuse-of-discretion standard, proper inquiry is whether administrator’s decision was reasonable, i.e., supported by substantial evidence, which means relevant evidence that reasonable mind might accept as sufficient to support conclusion
• reviewing de novo district court’s application of abuse-of-discretion standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).