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PINTO v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 99-5028.

214 F.3d 377 (2000)

Maria H. PINTO, Appellant v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 31, 2000

As Amended June 2, and July 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Halpern (Argued), West Orange, NJ, for Appellant.

Steven P. Del Mauro, Robert P. Lesko (Argued), Del Mauro, DiGiaimo & Knepper, Morristown, NJ, for Appellee.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, and GARTH, Circuit Judges and POLLAK, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

This appeal concerns the standard courts should use when reviewing a denial of a request for benefits under an ERISA plan by an insurance company which, pursuant to a contract with an employing company, both determines eligibility for benefits, and pays those benefits out of its own funds. This question, and variations thereof, have bedeviled the federal courts since considered dicta in Firestone Tire & Rubber...

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