Legal Opinion
Van Wuyckhuyse v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 9, 2001No. 6:00-cv-06292PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Decision and Order
SIRAGUSA, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The Plaintiff filed a complaint with the Court on June 21, 2000, alleging that the Defendants improperly denied benefits to him under an accidental dismemberment policy. Both parties agree that the plan involved here falls under the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). This case is before the Court on the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the Plaintiffs cross-motion for summary judgment. Because the Court finds that the Plan Administrator’s decision was not arbitrary and capricious, the…
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