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012783P.pdf   04/01/2002  Rick Shelton  v.  Contigroup Companies
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-2783
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
   Civil case - ERISA. Under the plan in question, once a 
   long-term disability benefits claim was made, the plan's 
   administrative committee was obligated to determine the 
   claimant's ability to work and whether or not he was in fact 
   working; here, the committee's failure to make that decision 
   constituted an abuse of discretion; case remanded for a 
   determination of whether plaintiff was in fact gainfully 
   employed during the period he claimed to be disabled.