Legal Opinion
Fowler v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided July 12, 1996No. 95-1240PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TODD, District Judge.
This civil action seeking recovery of accidental death benefits under an employer’s group benefits plan was originally filed by Plaintiff Jerome Fowler in the Chancery Court of McNairy County, Tennessee, on September 19, 1995. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441, the aetion was removed to this court by the Defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life), on the grounds that the cause of action arose under the Employee Retirement Income…
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