Lanier v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REVERSE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DENIAL OF BENEFITS AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO AFFIRM PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Among the benefits plaintiff John Lanier received from his employer, Bearing-Point, Inc., was long-term disability insurance coverage underwritten by defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Lanier applied for disability benefits in 2002. He was granted short-term benefits for six months beginning in October 2002. Thereafter, he applied to MetLife for long-term benefits; MetLife was his company’s…