Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 30, 2006No. 05 Civ. 4176(GEL)(GWG)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Shirley Mitchell brings this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., seeking long-term disability benefits based upon an employee welfare benefit plan administered by First Reliance Standard Insurance Company (“First Reliance”). First Reliance now moves for a protective order pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1) to prevent Mitchell from deposing three witnesses. For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Mitchell alleges that she became disabled…
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