Legal Opinion

James Sumpter v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 18, 2017No. 16-2012UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

This litigation represents the latest effort by James Sumpter to receive a disability benefit that his former employer, Delphi Automotive Systems, did not offer as part of its employee welfare benefits plan when he became disabled. He now seeks recovery against the plan’s claims administrator, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on the grounds that it wrongly denied him benefits and breached fiduciary duties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Sumpter’s contentions are frivolous, so we affirm the district court’s grant of summary…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Varity Corp. v. HoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. CIGNA Corp. v. AmaraSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Todd Rochow v. Life Ins. Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Crista, Jill v. Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2021
  2. Day v. Humana Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020

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