In an ERISA action against an insurer for wrongful termination of longterm disability benefits, judgment for Defendant is reversed where the record established that Plaintiff was disabled under the terms of the policy, and thus the plan administrator’s decision to terminate benefits was arbitrary and capricious.

Read Kramer v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., No. 07-1552

Appellate Information

Argued: June 5, 2008

Decided and Filed: April 8, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Daughtrey

Counsel

For Appellant:

Larry W. Bennett, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C., Troy, MI

For Appellees:

Stephen L. Witenoff, Thomas, DeGrood & Witenoff, P.C., Southfield, MI

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