Ingle ex rel. Estate of Ingle v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN E. DOWDELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action in state court as Administrator of the Estate of Clifton Chad Ingle, deceased, seeking to recover accidental death benefits pursuant to a policy Ingle had with defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Metlife”). Metlife removed the action to this Court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 2202 et seq. (“ERISA”). The parties disagree about two issues: which standard of review applies to this Court’s review of Met-life’s decision to deny benefits and whether Mr. Ingle’s death…