Legal Opinion
Cheryl Chapman v. Choicecare Long Island Term Disability Plan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 2002No. Docket 01-7282PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
We have before us on this appeal a plaintiff who declares that she is mentally disabled. Yet her claim for disability benefits under her employer’s benefits plan was denied as untimely filed, as was her request for administrative review. She initiated suit in district court against the plan for judicial review of this decision. Although plaintiffs counsel argued that the untimely filings were a product of plaintiffs disabling mental condition, summary judgment was granted to defendant.
Principal among the issues with which we must deal is whether there is a limitations…
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