Rao v. Life Insurance Co. of North America

*212MEMORANDUM — DECISION and ORDER

DAVID N. HURD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Joann Rao (“Rao” or “plaintiff’) filed this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., alleging, inter alia, that she was wrongfully, denied short- and long-term disability benefits by defendant E.C. Barton & Co. Disability Plan (the “Disability Plan”), a benefits plan offered by her former employer, defendant E.C. Barton & Co., Inc. (“E.C. Barton”), and underwritten by defendant Life Insurance Company of North America (“LINA”). After the parties…