Legal Opinion

Jeanine Lea Mommaerts v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 8, 2007No. 06-2952PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Disappointed when an ERISA plan denied her request for long-term disability benefits, Jeanine Mommaerts filed this action under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). The district court granted summary judgment in the plan’s favor, see 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39130 (E.D. Wis. June 12, 2006), and on this appeal Mommaerts does not contest that ruling. Instead she maintains that the district court should have given her the victory whether or not she is entitled to benefits under the plan’s terms. That’s so, Mommaerts contends, because Hartford, the plan’s insurer (which both sides…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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