Legal Opinion
Riley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 2014No. 13-2166PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2012, plaintiff Robert Riley filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (“MetLife”), arguing that MetLife had been underpaying his monthly benefits since its 2005 denial of his assertion that he was entitled to a larger payment calculation under his long-term disability insurance plan. The district court granted MetLife’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Riley’s suit was barred by the six-year statute of limitations. See Riley v. Metro. Life…
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