Legal Opinion

Sandra S. Hillery v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company the Limited Long Term Disability Program

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 18, 2006No. 05-4000PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company terminated long-term disability benefits to Sandra S. Hillery after determining she was no longer disabled. The district court 1 granted summary judgment for MetLife. Hillery appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

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Hillery was a co-manager of a Victoria’s Secret, participating in the Limited Long Term Disability Program. On April 5, 1991, she quit after being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In January 1992, she began receiving long-term disability benefits from MetLife. She was continually…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  2. Beverly D. Woo v. Deluxe Corp., Hartford Life Insurance Co., Doing Business as Itt Hartford, Inc., Sued as Hartford Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  3. Ronnie Layes v. Mead Corporation Cna Insurance Company Mead Retirement Plan Mead Benefit ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. Barnhart v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  5. Everett E. McGarrah v. Hartford Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Torgeson v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2006
  4. Roebuck v. USAble LifeDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2019
  5. Givens v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 2011

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