Legal Opinion
Rebecca Ladd v. Itt Corporation and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1998No. 97-4138PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is an ERISA suit to overturn the denial of Rebecca Ladd’s claim for disability benefits under the employee welfare plan sponsored by her employer, ITT, and administered by MetLife. Since the plan authorized the plan administrator to use its discretion in making claims determinations, our role is the limited one of determining whether MetLife abused its discretion — acted unreasonably — or, as the cases say (but all these are different ways of saying the same thing), exercised its discretion in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner. E.g., Hightshue v. AIG Life Ins. Co.,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- John Halpin v. W.W. Grainger, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Mark Waldorf, in No. 97-5195 v. Edward J. Shuta Carolyn Wood Kenneth C. Spence, Jr. Mary Kay Spence Borough of Kenilworth Joseph Rego Henry J. Moll Victor Smith Lawrence Stickle Charles David Joseph Ventre Thomas Neville William J. Ahern William E. Conrad Livio Mancino Gary Rowinsky Mario Dibella Vincent Scorese Harry Grapenthin Mary Kelly Richard McCormack William Holt A. Zeleniak Richard Lomax C. William Gutekunst Frederick Bailey Michael Padula Charles Scheuermann Fred Sues Joseph Walyuf Thomas McHale Philip Ernst Frank J. Mascaro Walter E. Boright, Jr. Albert Simmenroth James E. O'Brien Frank J. Johdof Raymond Blydenburgh Edward Kasbarian John J. O'LOck Edmac Enterprises Edward McDermott Mark Waldorf v. Edward J. Shuta Carolyn Wood Kenneth C. Spence, Jr. Mary Kay Spence Borough of Kenilworth Joseph Rego Henry J. Moll Victor Smith Lawrence Stickle Charles David Joseph Ventre Thomas Neville William J. Ahern William E. Conrad Livio Mancino Gary Rowinsky Mario Dibella Vincent Scorese Harry Grapenthin Mary Kelly Richard McCormack William Holt A. Zeleniak Richard Lomax C. William Gutekunst Frederick Bailey Michael Padula Charles Scheuermann Fred Sues Joseph Walyuf Thomas McHale Philip Ernst Frank J. Mascaro Walter E. Boright, Jr. Albert Simmenroth James E. O'Brien Frank J. Johdof Raymond Blydenburgh Edward Kasbarian John J. O'LOck Edmac Enterprises Edward McDermott Borough of Kenilworth, in No. 97-5222Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Constance BREWER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- James A. McNAMARA, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Paramore v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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- Carolyn Herzberger v. Standard Insurance Company, Beverly A. Johnson v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Wanda Glenn v. Metlife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) and Long Term Disability Plan for Associates of Sears, Roebuck and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Lynne A. Carnegie, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Household International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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