Legal Opinion
Dunnigan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 2, 2003No. 99 Civ. 4059(SAS)PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Helen Dunnigan is a beneficiary of a long-term disability (“LTD”) insurance policy issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). Dunnigan brings this action *128on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated participants of a MetLife disability policy, pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., to recover interest on disability benefit payments received retroactively from MetLife. Dunni-gan claims that MetLife’s delay in payment of those benefits' deprived…
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