Legal Opinion
Medina v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 25, 2009No. 08-2564PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Luis Medina appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). Medina contends that MetLife violated the Employment Retirement Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., by using an arbitrary and capricious procedure in terminating his short-term disability benefits and refusing to grant him long-term disability benefits. He also seeks monetary sanctions against MetLife for an alleged breach of its disclosure obligations under 29 U.S.C. § 1132. The district court…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Beverly D. Woo v. Deluxe Corp., Hartford Life Insurance Co., Doing Business as Itt Hartford, Inc., Sued as Hartford Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Denmark v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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