Legal Opinion
Straehle v. INA Life Ins. Co. of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 30, 2005No. CV-01-7180(FB)(RML)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLOCK, District Judge.
Plaintiff Julie Straehle (“Straehle”) filed suit pursuant to § 1132(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., alleging that defendant CIGNA Life Insurance Company (“CIGNA”) wrongfully denied her claim for long-term disability benefits. For the reasons set forth below, the Court disagrees and grants judgment for defendant.
The long-term disability policy (the “Policy”) issued by CIGNA to Straehle’s employer, NEC America (“NEC”), provides that CIGNA “will begin paying monthly benefits ... when…
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