Legal Opinion

Brake v. Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Group Disability Income Insurance Plan

District Court, D. South Dakota

Decided October 9, 2013No. CIV 12-4217Published

1Opinion of the Court

*960MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RE: MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LAWRENCE L. PIERSOL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Karen Brake, brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, (ERISA) after the Defendant Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Group Disability Income Insurance Plan denied Plaintiff ERISA long term disability benefits under a Buy-Up supplemental plan. Doc. 1. Both parties have moved for summary judgment. Doc. 14,18.

Rule 56

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(a) provides: “The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. FMC Corp. v. HollidaySupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Rossignol v. VoorhaarCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
  5. Kentucky Assn. of Health Plans, Inc. v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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