Legal Opinion
Ortega Candelaria v. ORTHOBIOLOGICS LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 25, 2011No. 09-2305PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Rolando Ortega Candelaria suffered a disability while employed by Orthobiologics, LLC, a Puerto Rico-based subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Inc. He sought payment of benefits under the company’s long term disability plan and was denied. Three years later Ortega filed suit to enforce the benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The district court found the suit untimely and granted summary judgment in Orthobiologics’s favor. Applying principles of equity, we reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
The facts in this case are not materially in…
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