Legal Opinion
Desrosiers v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 14, 2008No. 06-2609PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Sheryl Serreze Desrosiers appeals from two adverse summary judgment rulings which together upheld the denial of her claim for long-term disability benefits by Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. (“Hartford”). 1 The district court first ruled that Desrosiers’s common law claims 2 were preempted by ERISA. After allowing Desrosiers to amend her complaint to proceed under ERISA, the court upheld Hartford’s determination that Des-rosiers was not “totally disabled” within the meaning of the disability insurance policy. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. The Plan
Appellant, an…
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