Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 28, 2011No. 09 Civ. 7958(SHS)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.
The issue for resolution is whether plaintiff Karen E. Dillon is entitled to recover $837,000 from each of two different life insurance policies issued by defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) to plaintiff’s late husband Jack Dillon. MetLife has now moved for summary judgment in its favor. Because Mr. Dillon’s group life insurance policy is governed by ERISA and the plan administrator was correct in determining that the group plan did not allow a participant to hold both a group policy and a conversion policy at the same time,…
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