BOUNDS v. BELL ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES F.L.T.D. PLAN

No. 93-3739.

32 F.3d 337 (1994)

Mitchell BOUNDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELL ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES FLEXIBLE LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Hirsch, Clayton, MO, argued, for appellant.

Mark E. Schmidtke, Valparaiso, IN, argued (Michael A. Clithero, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSEN, Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell Bounds appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment dismissing his claim for additional long-term disability benefits against Bell Atlantic Enterprises Flexible Long-Term Disability Plan (the "Plan"). The claim is governed by ERISA. See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Bounds argues that the district court improperly applied a deferential standard in reviewing the Plan's decision to deny...

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