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SALOMAA v. HONDA LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN

No. 08-55426.

637 F.3d 958 (2011)

Samuel SALOMAA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HONDA LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, an Erisa Plan, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Fleishman , Northridge, CA, for the appellant.

Melissa M. Cowan , Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.

Opinion by Judge KLEINFELD; Dissent by Judge HALL.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

We address the standard for overturning an ERISA plan decision, and why the challenger met it.

I. Facts

Samuel Salomaa worked for American Honda Motor Company, Inc. for more than twenty years. His supervisor described him as "without a doubt the best employee to have worked for me" in her 15 years at Honda. He was never out sick, and never left work early...

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