173426P.pdf   12/06/2018  Gary Leirer  v.  Procter & Gamble Dis. Benefit
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3426
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - ERISA. The district court did not err in applying an 
   abuse-of-discretion review of the company's benefits determination, as 
   Leiter did not show that a serious procedural irregularity existed which 
   caused a serious breach of the plan administrator's fiduciary duty to him: 
   Leiter was not prejudiced by any omission in providing Plan documents to 
   him; his claim that a nurse provided his doctor with an incomplete 
   definition of total disability was not presented to the district court and 
   will not be considered on appeal; and the company's denial letter 
   adequately apprised Leirer of the reasons underlying the company's 
   decision. Substantial evidence supported the decision to deny total 
   disability benefits, and the district court did not abuse its discretion 
   in denying total disability benefits or in declining to remand for further 
   discovery. The district court did not abuse its discretion in failing to 
   award statutory penalties for failing to provide him with 2012 Plan 
   documents, as he was not prejudiced and he did not show bad faith.