SANDOVAL v. AETNA LIFE AND CAS. INS. CO.

No. 90-2217.

967 F.2d 377 (1992)

Dan M. SANDOVAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AETNA LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Defendants, and Atlantic Richfield Co.; Arco Coal Co.; and Thomas L. Jacobs & Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere C. Corlett (James E. Thomson and Judith C. Zelazny with him on the brief), Santa Fe, N.M., for plaintiff-appellant.

David L. Bacon of Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, Cal., (Cameron Peters of Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond, P.C., Santa Fe, N.M., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before MOORE, ANDERSON, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we review a district court's conclusion that an ERISA plan administrator's decision to terminate the appellant's disability payments was not arbitrary and capricious. Our review requires that we confront three issues: (1) whether the district court could consider evidence not before the ERISA plan administrator; (2) whether the appellant received a "full and fair" hearing pursuant to 29...

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