Legal Opinion
Cortes v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, C.D. California
Decided June 30, 2005No. CV 04-6362 NM(RZx)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER AWARDING PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS’ FEES
MANELLA, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On August 2, 2004, Plaintiff Edwin Cortes (“Plaintiff’) filed a complaint against Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Disney Long Term Disability Plan (collectively, “Defendants”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132, to recover long term disability benefits that Plaintiff claims were wrongfully denied by Defendants. On January 19, 2005, the parties participated in a private mediation session, but were unable to settle the case.…
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