20 Employee Benefits Cas. 1375, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4487, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7305, Pens. Plan Guide P 23921c Gloria Snow v. Standard Insurance Company

87 F.3d 327 20 Employee Benefits Cas. 1375 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4487, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7305 , Pens. Plan Guide P 23921C Gloria SNOW, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-55515. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1996. Decided June 21, 1996. David L. Bacon, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine and David A. Lingenbrink, Galton & Helm, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant. Stuart Sandhaus, Laguna Niguel, California, and Gerard Engelskirchen, Santa Cruz, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Daniel Feinberg, Sigman, Lewis & Feinberg, Oakland, California, for amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Edward Rafeedie, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-01609-ER-BRx. Before: FARRIS, FERNANDEZ, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: 1 Gloria Snow was an employee of Harlyn Products, Inc., which maintained a long-term disability plan. The Plan was issued by Standard Insurance Company, and that company also served as the Plan's claims review administrator. Snow claimed that she was disabled due to Chronic…