Benesowitz v. Met. Life Ins. Co.

05-6382-cv Benesowitz v. Met. Life Ins. Co. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2006 (Argued: August 28, 2006 Decided: December 28, 2007) Docket No. 05-6382-cv MITCHELL BENESOWITZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, -v- METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plan Administrator of Honeywell Long Term Disability Income Plan, and HONEYWELL LONG TERM DISABILITY INCOME PLAN, Defendants-Appellees. Before: WINTER, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges. In a previous opinion, we certified to the New York Court of Appeals the dispositive question of “[w]hether New York Insurance Law §…