Legal Opinion
Voight v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, C.D. California
Decided October 15, 1998No. 98-2588 MMM (CTX)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MORROW, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lynne Voight filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) (“ERISA”) against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) for wrongful denial of long term disability benefits. MetLife’s motion for summary judgment came on regularly for hearing on October 5, 1998. Having carefully considered the papers submitted and the oral argument of counsel, the court grants MetLife’s motion.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS
The following facts are undisputed.
Lynne Voight…
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