Meyer v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

SARGUS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-Motions for Summary Judgment on the administrative record. (Doc. # 11 and # 13). For the reasons that follow, the Plaintiffs motion is granted, in part, and the Defendants’ motion is denied.

I

Plaintiff, Kimberly Meyer [“Plaintiff’], brings this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act [“ERISA”], 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), seeking long-term disability benefits under a plan maintained by her former employer, Defendant Shell Oil Company. Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company…