Legal Opinion
Valentine v. Aetna Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 25, 2015No. 14-cv-1752 (JFB)(GRB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Carol Valentine (“plaintiff’) brings this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”), challenging the termination of her long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits by defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company (“Aetna,” or “defendant”). Plaintiff was employed by Hubbard Broadcasting (“Hubbard”), where she was a participant in an LTD policy administered by Aetna (the “Plan”), until she allegedly became disabled under the provisions of the Plan due to a trigeminal nerve disorder.…
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