Harrell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO AFFIRM PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION, GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REVERSE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION, AND GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE

LAWSON, District Judge.

Terri Harrell, plaintiff Michael Harrell’s wife, was killed in a car crash on September 3, 2003. She was the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the accident, and at the time her blood alcohol content exceeded the legal limit allowed by Michigan law. Michael Harrell, as an employee of the General Motors Corporation, participated in an employee benefit plan through which…