Opinions of the United 2001 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

12-21-2001

Skretvedt v. EI DuPont de Nemours Precedential or Non-Precedential:

Docket 00-2918

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Recommended Citation "Skretvedt v. EI DuPont de Nemours" (2001). 2001 Decisions. Paper 295. http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2001/295

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No. 00-2918 _______________________

ORRIN T. SKRETVEDT, Appellant

v.

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, PLAN ADMINISTRATOR;* PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN; HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL-SURGICAL PLAN; DENTAL ASSISTANCE PLAN; NONCONTRIBUTORY GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN; CONTRIBUTORY GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN; TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY INCOME PLAN; SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN; TAX REFORM ACT STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN; SHORT TERM DISABILITY PLAN

*(Amended per Clerk's Order dated 12/13/00) (D.C. Civ. No. 98-cv-00061)

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

______________________

ORDER AMENDING OPINION _______________________

The slip opinion filed on October 5, 2001 in the above case is hereby amended as follows: Following the last citation, but preceding the period, at the end of the first full paragraph on page 26 of the slip opinion, please add the following:

Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan, No. 98-55853,

(9th Cir. Sept. 24, 2001) (applying the “treating physician rule,” which requires administrative law judges to defer to a treating physician’s opinions when adjudicating Social Security disability benefits, when reviewing an ERISA plan administrator’s termination of benefits)

BY THE COURT:

/s/Edward R. Becker _________________________ Chief Judge

DATED: December 21, 2001 MEMORANDUM

DATE: December 11, 2001

TO: Susan Acerba, Case Manager

FROM: Judge Becker

RE: Skretvedt v. Dupont, No. 00-2918

Please file the enclosed Unpublished Order Amending Opinion in the above captioned case.

Sincerely,

Edward R. Becker

ERB:afr

cc: Judge Nygaard Judge Reavley Marcy Waldron Trish Coleman