Monthly Archives: June 2016

ERISA Standard of Review

Don’t Lose Life Insurance Coverage When you Need it Most – When you are Gravely ill

In Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, the Supreme Court set forth a rubric controlling judicial review of ERISA benefit eligibility decisions. Under Firestone, courts are to be guided by principles of trust law in evaluating the conclusions of plan administrators. These principles of trust law require courts to review a denial of plan benefits under a “de novo” standard unless the plan provides to the contrary.