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Supreme Court rules conflict of interest must be weighed when administrator both evaluates and pays disability claims

[¶24,003B] Supreme Court Rules Conflict of Interest Must be Weighed When Administrator Both Evaluates and Pays Disability Claims; Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 06-923, June 19, 2008.

A plan administrator that both evaluates and pays benefits claims operates under a conflict of interest in making discretionary benefit determinations, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.

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