Reilly v. Continental Casualty Co.

In ERISA action alleging that defendant-pension plan’s calculation of plaintiff’s pension benefit was too low, Dist. Ct. erred in awarding plaintiff his requested figure after finding that defendant’s calculation was arbitrary and capricious because defendant could not properly explain its calculation. While record suggested that defendant’s calculation was unreliable, plaintiff also failed to show that his requested amount comported with pension plan’s formula for calculating benefits. As such, because plaintiff could not demonstrate that his requested figure was only possible outcome from proper calculation process, remand to pension administrator was required for new benefit calculation, which would then be subject to another round of judicial review.