Orrin T. Skretvedt v. E.i. Dupont De Nemours

*Honorable Thomas M. Reavley, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit,
sitting by designation.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 00-2918
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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.
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ORDER AMENDING OPINION
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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

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Plan, No. 98-55853, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 20851, at *21
(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
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Chief Judge
DATED: December 21, 2001

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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Please file the enclosed Unpublished Order Amending Opinion in the above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

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