Black v. Long Term Disability Insurance

DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Elizabeth Black was the Executive Director of Milwaukee World Festivals, Inc. (“MWF”) until August 2003. Subsequently, she filed a claim for long-term disability benefits under a group long-term disability program (“Plan”) established by MWF. The de facto administrator of the Plan, Standard Insurance Company (“Standard”), denied plaintiffs claim, and plaintiff appealed. Standard denied her appeal, and plaintiff then commenced the present action.

Plaintiff brings the action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…