Eweka v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T. S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

At issue in this Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)1 action is defendant’s threshold motion (i) to dismiss two of plaintiffs four asserted claims arising out of the termination of plaintiffs long-term disability benefits and (ii) to strike plaintiffs jury demand. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion to dismiss must be granted in part and denied in part and plaintiffs jury demand must be stricken.

I.2

Only a brief recitation of the factual record is necessary for resolution of defendant’s motion. Thus, the record…