Legal Opinion
Giannone v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 2004No. CIV.A. 02-11119-RGSPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Victoria Giannone received a long term disability allowance from the General American Life Insurance Company (GenAm) from January 31, 1987, until December 1, 2000, when the defendant successor insurer, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), terminated her benefits. Giannone brought suit seeking de novo review of MetLife’s benefits revocation under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a). MetLife insists that because the Long Term Disability Plan (Plan)…
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