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BUFFONGE v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 05-1416.

426 F.3d 20 (2005)

Thomas BUFFONGE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA; Getronics Wang Co., LLC, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Notis, with whom Law Office of Mitchell J. Notis was on brief, for appellant.

William T. Bogaert, with whom Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP was on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

We have not previously addressed the issue raised in this ERISA appeal, which comes to us from the district court's entry of summary judgment concluding that a claims administrator's denial of long-term disability benefits was not arbitrary and capricious. The plaintiff appeals and asserts that his ERISA rights were violated because the administrator relied on material mischaracterizations of the medical record.

The claims administrator...

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