Legal Opinion
Kocsis v. Standard Insurance
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 12, 2001No. 3:00-cv-00487PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DKT. NO. 17]
HALL, District Judge.
The plaintiff Louis Kocsis brings this civil action against the defendant Standard Insurance Company (“Standard”) for denial of disability benefits under a Long Term Disability Plan issued by Standard to the plaintiffs employer. This plan is an employee welfare benefit plan under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). As such, the plaintiffs action for wrongful denial of long term disability benefits is a claim under section 502(a)(1)(B) of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B).
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