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Seventh Circuit: Plaintiffs Seeking Plan Benefits Need Not Cite Specific Plan Provisions to Survive Motion to Dismiss
Arent Fox Link to more items from this source
Dec. 19, 2018

"[T]he Seventh Circuit declared that '[P]laintiffs alleging claims under 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B) for plan benefits need not necessarily identify the specific language of every plan provision at issue to survive a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6).' Dr. Griffin did not need to point to a particular plan provision specifying entitlement to 'greater payment,' as such a requirement would 'turn notice pleading on its head[,]' especially when the plan failed to provide Dr. Griffin with 'information necessary to allege with more detail where the plan's calculation of the usual and customary rate went astray.' " [Griffin v. TEAMCARE, No. 18-2374 (7th Cir. Nov. 26, 2018, amended Nov. 30, 2018)]  MORE >>

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