799 F. Supp. 2d 527 - Clark v. Unum Life Insurance of America’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn · Quesinberry v. Life Insurance Co. of North America · Lone Star Steakhouse Saloon Incorporated v. Alpha of Virginia Incorporated · Buffington v. Baltimore County
Most-quoted passages
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“The conflict of interest here ... should prove more important (perhaps of great importance) where circumstances suggest a higher likelihood that it affected the benefits decision, including but not limited to, cases where an insurance company administrator has a history of biased claims administration. It should prove less important (perhaps to the vanishing point) where the administrator has taken active steps to reduce potential bias and to promote accuracy, for example, by walling off claims administrators from those interested in firm finances, or by imposing management checks that penalize inaccurate decision-making irrespective of whom the inaccuracy benefits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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