Legal Opinion
Santana-Diaz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 2016No. 15-1273PPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, Appellant Dionisio Santana-Díaz (“Santana-Diaz”) challenges the district court’s dismissal of his suit as time-barred, arguing that he is entitled to equitable tolling, in part because the plan administrator, Appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”), failed to include the time period for filing suit in its denial of benefits letter. We hold that ERISA requires 1 a plan administrator in its denial of benefits letter to inform a claimant…
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