Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Article Title

Giving Deference to Inaction: How Geddes v. United Staffing Alliance Employee Medical Plan Compromised an Employee's Right to Meaningful Review Under ERISA

Authors

Erin Nave, Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

This Note proposes that the arbitrary and capricious standard of review should be eliminated in favor of a de novo standard of review in all benefits denial cases.

Recommended Citation

Erin Nave, Giving Deference to Inaction: How Geddes v. United Staffing Alliance Employee Medical Plan Compromised an Employee's Right to Meaningful Review Under ERISA, 29 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 323 (2009),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol29/iss1/12