Legal Opinion
Fortune v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees of Keyspan Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 29, 2008No. 2:08-cv-01017PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Diane S. Fortune (“Fortune” or “the Plaintiff’) seeks leave of the Court to amend her complaint to assert a claim on behalf of herself and a proposed class of beneficiaries who allege that the Defendant Hartford Life Insurance Company (“Hartford”) improperly offset their monthly long-term disability benefits by the amount their dependents received in Social Security Disability Income (“SSDI”). For the reasons that follow, the Plaintiffs motion to amend her complaint is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Fortune worked as a tax attorney for Keyspan…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Schultz v. Aviall, Inc. Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Fortune v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees of Keyspan Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
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