Freeman v. Sickness & Accident Disability Plan of AT & T Technologies, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, District Judge.

In this lawsuit filed pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., plaintiff, a former employee of AT & T and a participant in its sickness and accident disability plan, seeks to recover plan benefits thus far denied to him by the defendants. Contending that the medical condition of his left wrist affects his ability to work, plaintiff says he is permanently disabled and, thus, entitled to plan benefits. Defendants contest plaintiffs assertions and maintain that their decision to deny plaintiff…