Earnest v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

ORDER

LAZZARA, District Judge.

This cause comes before the Court on Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Home Depot U.S.A.’s Motion for Summary Judgment (dkt.32) and supporting memorandum and exhibits (dkt. 33 & 34) and Plaintiff James Earnest Jr.’s Memorandum in Opposition thereto (dkt.36).

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, James Earnest, Jr. (“Earnest”), brings this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”). Plaintiff, a 61-year old male, was employed by Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (“the Company”) as a…