Olan Jett v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., Medical Expense Plan

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1989-12-18

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RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge: This case presents the question as to the scope of a court’s review of an administrator’s decision denying hospitalization benefits on the ground that hospitalization was not medically necessary under an ERISA-governed employee medical expense plan. *1138 We hold that the district court articulated the proper arbitrary and capricious sta…

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