FRIEDRICH v. INTEL CORP.

Nos. 97-16623, 97-17183.

181 F.3d 1105 (1999)

Joseph H. FRIEDRICH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTEL CORPORATION; Intel Corporation Long Term Disability Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellants. Joseph H. Friedrich, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Intel Corporation; Intel Corporation Long Term Disability Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Kraw (Argued), Sarah Kenyon Kraw, Jeanine DeBacker of Kraw & Kraw, San Jose, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Andrea M. Miller (Argued), Nageley & Meredith, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Marvin Krislov, Deputy Solicitor of Labor, Sherwin S. Kaplan, Deputy Assoc. Solicitor, Karen L. Handorf, Counsel for Special Litigation, Marcia E. Bove, Trial Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Plan Benefits Security Div., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: BRIGHT, FLETCHER, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:

Intel Corporation and Intel Corporation Long Term Disability Benefit Plan (collectively "Intel") appeal the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee Joseph Friedrich, following a bench trial. The district court concluded that Intel failed to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") when it denied Friedrich's claim for long term disability benefits. Intel argues that the district court erred...

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