Weidner v. Federal Express Corp.

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• stating that the deferential abuse of discretion standard generally applies if a plan administrator has express discretion to interpret benefit provisions and to determine benefit eligibility
• plan administrator did not abuse its 19 discretion in denying claimant disability benefits despite treating physician’s opinion that the claimant was fully disabled
• “The record discloses nothing irregular in the Committee’s gathering and considering the substantive evidence.”

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