Legal Opinion
Moyer v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2014No. 13-1396PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStranch, J., joined by Carr, D.J.,
COOK, J. (pp. 507-09), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Moyer, an ERISA plan participant, appeals the district court’s dismissal for untimeliness of his action against the plan’s claim administrator, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), seeking recovery of unpaid ERISA plan benefits. Because MetLife failed to include notice of the time limits for judicial review in its adverse benefit determination letter, we REVERSE.
I. Background
As an employee of Solvay America, Inc., Moyer participated in Solvay’s ERISA-governed Long Term Disability…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Herbert Vanderklok, Cross-Appellee v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co., Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Gagliano v. Reliance Standard Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Sally J. Burke v. Kodak Retirement Income Plan and Kodak Retirement Income Plan CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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- Harriet Wilson v. The Standard Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
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