Legal Opinion
Colleen v. Ford v. Schering-Plough Corporation Schering Corporation Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 22, 1998No. 96-5674PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the purely legal question of whether a disparity between disability benefits for mental and physical disabilities violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (1994). The plaintiff-appellant, Colleen Ford, sued her employer, Schering-Plough Corporation (Sehering), and the carrier of Scher-ing’s group insurance policy, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), alleging that the two-year cap applicable to benefits for mental disabilities, but not for physical disabilities, violates the…
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