Legal Opinion
Loy McCorkle v. Metropolitan Life Ins Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2014No. 13-30745UnpublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Harvey MeCorkle (“Harvey”) died in January 2010. His wife, Plaintiff-Appel-lee Loy M. MeCorkle (“Loy”), sued both Harvey’s employer, Turner Industries Group, LLC (“Turner”), and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”), the administrator of Turner’s ERISA-gov-erned 1 employee welfare plan (“the Plan”), for benefits triggered by Harvey’s death. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court held that Met-Life abused its discretion and granted judgment to Loy for full benefits under the Plan, from which judgment MetLife and Turner (together, “Appellants”)…
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