Howe
Howe v. Anthem Health & Life Insurance
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Because Howe’s health policy unambiguously “gives [Anthem] discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits [and] to construe the terms of the plan,” Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101, 115 , 109 S.Ct. 948 , 103 L.Ed.2d 80 (1989), we review its decision to deny medical benefits for abuse of discretion. See Atwood v. Newmont Gold Co., Inc., 45 *511 F.3d 1317, 1321 (9th Cir.1995). Anthem did not abuse its discretion in finding Howe ineligible for medical benefits because her injuries were “due to taking part in a felony.”
AFFIRMED.
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