Legal Opinion
Hogan-Cross v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 31, 2008No. 08 Civ. 0012(LAK)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
This is an action to recover benefits under an ERISA plan from defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). Plaintiff moved to compel discovery. As often has been the case, the defendants resisted any material disclosure, contending that review of its termination of benefits is measured by the arbitrary and capricious standard and, moreover, that such review is confined to the administrative file. To the extremely limited extent that MetLife addressed the relevance of particular discovery requests, 1 it contended only that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Weissman v. FruchtmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- In Re Integrated Resources Real Estate Ltd. Partnerships Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Pelosi v. Schwab Capital Markets, L.P.District Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Trussel v. CIGNA LIFE INS. CO. NEW YORKDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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3Cited by19 opinions
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