Beskin v. CCH Corp.
Beskin v. CCH Corp.
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Stanley D. Beskin appeals the district court’s summary judgment in Beskin’s ERISA action, in favor of CCH Corporation and Wolters Kluwer U.S. Corporation. The district court determined that CCH’s ERISA plan administrator could reasonably have concluded that Beskin resigned before he became disabled and that Beskin therefore did not establish that he was disabled during the period covered by the Plan. We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Taghadomi v. United States, 401 F.3d 1080, 1082 (9th Cir. 2005), and we affirm.
The only evidence submitted to the plan administrator that Beskin was disabled during his employment was Beskin’s own affidavit that he left work due to his disability. The plan administrator did not abuse his discretion in giving Beskin’s affidavit less weight, in light of the absence of pertinent medical evidence and the evidence that he was outperforming most other sales representatives in his division during the time period he claimed his disabilities arose. Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion in upholding the plan administrator’s denial of benefits.
AFFIRMED.
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