Legal Opinion
Silva v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 1, 2014No. 13-2233PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Abel Silva (“Abel”) died on June 27, 2010. His father, Salvador Silva (“Silva”), sought to recover the benefits of Abel’s life insurance policy. The insurer denied Silva’s claim, asserting that Abel did not actually have a policy because he had not provided required paperwork. Silva brought suit against Abel’s employer, Sav-vis Communications Corporation (“Sav-vis”), and the insurer, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”), under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. The district court denied relief, and Silva…
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