Degroot v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Roger DeGroot (“DeGroot”) (whose power of attorney is in the hands of Appellant Elizabeth DeGroot) worked for Western Electric from 1965 until after its purchase by AT & T. During his employment, DeGroot bought group life insurance (“the policy”) from Appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance (“Metlife”) through his employers totaling $260,000, with the premiums automatically deducted from each paycheck. After DeGroot retired with a pension in 1989, AT & T spun Appellee Lucent Technologies (“Lucent”) off into its own company, and Lucent assumed…