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211559P.pdf   12/27/2021  Todd Roehr  v.  Sun Life Assur.Co.of Canada
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-1559
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern   
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Kelly and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Civil case - ERISA. The district court properly evaluated the termination of plaintiff's long-term disability benefits under the abuse-of-discretion standard; here, the plan relied on virtually the same medical records for a decade while it paid the benefits, and has pointed to no information available to it that altered in some significant way its decision to pay benefits; such an about-face requires "relevant evidence" that a "reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support" the change in decision; here, that evidence does not exist in the record, and the district court decision affirming the termination of benefits is reversed; remanded with direction to the district court to order reinstatement of benefits as of the date of termination.