Prichard v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Matthew Prichard appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (MetLife) decision to deny him long-term disability benefits under the long term disability plan of his employer, IBM. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Prichard argues that the district court erred in reviewing MetLife’s decision for an abuse of discretion, rather than de novo. He argues in the alternative that even if the district court was correct in using the abuse of discretion standard, MetLife abused its…