Legal Opinion
Silva v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided December 10, 2012No. Case No. 4:11cv0337 TCMPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
THOMAS C. MUMMERT, III, United States Magistrate Judge.
In the remaining count of his two-count First Amended Complaint,1 Salvador Silva (“Plaintiff’) seeks to hold defendants, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met-Life”) and Savvis Communications Corporation (“Savvis”), liable for the amount of life insurance coverage his son signed up for before his death.2 The life insurance *783benefits are part of an employee benefits plan offered by Sawis to its employees. Sawis and MetLife argue they are entitled to summary judgment because Plaintiffs did not take the necessary steps…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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