Legal Opinion
Chadwick v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. California
Decided July 25, 2007No. CIV. 06-2245 FCD EFBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DAMRELL, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, aka MetLife’s (“defendant”) motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff Laura J. Chadwick’s (“plaintiff’) complaint raising claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). (See Notice of Removal, filed Oct. 12, 2006 [Docket # 2].) Plaintiff seeks long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under the EdFund Employee Welfare Plan (“Plan”). 1
For the reasons set forth below, the court finds that the proper standard of review of this matter is abuse of…
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