Legal Opinion
Michelle Cooper v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 5, 2017No. 16-3429PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, District Judge.
Michelle Cooper brought this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), claiming that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) improperly denied her long term disability (“LTD”) benefits under a group insurance plan sponsored by her former employer, Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC (“An- heuser-Buseh”). The district court 2 entered summary judgment in favor of Met-Life, finding that there was no abuse of discretion. Cooper now appeals from that decision, arguing that the court erred in applying an…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Black & Decker Disability Plan v. NordSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Alane King, as Conservator and Natural Parent of Amber Lynn Schanus v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Midgett v. Washington Group International Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Leirer v. Proctor & Gamble Disability Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
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