Case Name: Diane WILLIAMS; William E. Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.; Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., Flexible Reimbursement Plan; First Health Benefits Administrators Corporation, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-08
Citations: 166 F. App'x 200
Docket Number: No. 04-3611
Parties: Diane WILLIAMS; William E. Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.; Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., Flexible Reimbursement Plan; First Health Benefits Administrators Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before NORRIS and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 166
Pages: 200–201

Head Matter:
Diane WILLIAMS; William E. Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.; Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., Flexible Reimbursement Plan; First Health Benefits Administrators Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-3611.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Feb. 8, 2006.
James A. Hofelich, Hofelich & Hofelich, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Dan L. Makee, McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before NORRIS and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.
The Honorable Avern Cohn, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Diane Williams, individually and in her capacity as the guardian of the estate and person of her husband, William E. Williams, brought this action under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., against the defendants, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Flexible Reimbursement Plan and First Health Benefits Administrators Corporation, to recover benefits under an employee benefit plan, to redress alleged breaches of fiduciary by the defendants, and to recover statutory penalties and costs. The district court granted the defendants' motion for judgment on the administrative record, holding, in a lengthy and exhaustive opinion, that the defendants' decision to deny medical benefits to Williams's husband on the basis of a particular coverage exclusion in the plan was not arbitrary and capricious; that Williams is not entitled to relief under either 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2) or 29 U.S.C. § 1109; that Williams is not entitled to an award of attorney's fees; and that there is no basis upon which Williams could be entitled to statutory damages. Williams appeals each of these conclusions.
After carefully reviewing the record, the applicable law, the parties' briefs, and counsels' arguments, we are convinced that the district court did not err in its conclusions. As the district court's opinion carefully and correctly sets out the law governing the issues raised and clearly articulates the reasons underlying its decision, issuance of a full opinion by this court would serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the district court's opinion, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.