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062327P.pdf 07/06/2007 Joe D. Ratliff v. Guarantee Life Ins.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2327
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
Judges]
Civil case - ERISA. Abuse-of-discretion standard applies to cases
involving the plan administrator's review of medical records; applying the
abuse-of-discretion standard, the plan administrator's decision to deny
benefits was based on a reasonable explanation, which was supported by
substantial evidence.