Legal Opinion
Fortune v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees of Keyspan Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 25, 2009No. 1:08-mj-01017PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Diane Fortune (“Fortune” or “the Plaintiff’) brings this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., alleging that she was wrongfully denied disability benefits by Hartford Life Insurance Company (“Hartford”) under the terms of a long-term disability plan funded by her former employer, Keyspan Corporation. Hartford has filed a counterclaim to recover an overpayment arising out of a retroactive award of benefits to Fortune by the Commissioner of Social Security. Presently before the Court is…
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