Magdziak v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER REVERSING ADMINISTRATOR’S DENIAL OF LONG TERM RETIREMENT BENEFITS

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this suit, Plaintiff Cynthia Magdziak challenges the decision of the Defendant claims administrator, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to deny her long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under a plan sponsored by her employer, Northwest Airlines. This Court’s subject matter jurisdiction rests upon Plaintiffs claim for benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.

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