Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord, 538 U.S. 822, 123 S.Ct. 1965, 155 L.Ed.2d1034 (2003)

N/A

OUTCOME: Vacated and remanded

The Supreme Court decided that an employer or insurance company does not have to give extra weight to the opinions of the treating physician or give good reasons for rejecting the opinions of the treat ... ing physicians; although the employer or insurance company could not arbitrarily reject the opinions of the treating physician.