Thomason v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

PER CURIAM: *

This ease arises from a dispute between a claims administrator and a beneficiary about whether the beneficiary “elected to receive” pension benefits under ERISA when he moved them via direct rollover from his pension fund to his IRA. The district court determined that the plan beneficiary was entitled to summary judgment on his § 1132(a)(1)(B) claim. Because the district court correctly applied Koehler v. Aetna Health Inc., 683 F.3d 182 (5th Cir. 2012), we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

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Plaintiff-Appellee Joel Thomason worked for Verizon Communications, Ine. and…