Legal Opinion
Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 13, 2005No. 04-CV-0805TCPJOPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
Before the Court are cross motions for summary judgment pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 56. The Court concludes that Defendants’ denial of Long Term Disability benefits to Plaintiff was not arbitrary and capricious or in violation of N.Y. Insurance Law 3234(a)(2) and thus grants summary judgment in favor of the Defendants.
BACKGROUND
This lawsuit involves a claim for long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq. Plaintiff…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Gloria Pagan v. Nynex Pension Plan and Nynex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Martha Kinstler v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Anna Fay and Louis Fay v. Oxford Health Plan, Mount Sinai Medical Center Point-Of-Service-PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Mitchell Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Benesowitz v. Met. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007