Legal Opinion
Lang v. Long-Term Disability Plan of Sponsor Applied Remote Technology, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1997No. 96-56080PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Judith Lang, a former contracts manager for Applied Remote Technology, Inc., appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees on her claim for long-term disability benefits. The appellees are Applied Remote Technology, the sponsor of the welfare benefit plan (the “Plan”) under which Lang claimed the benefits, and Standard Insurance Company, the issuer and administrator of the Plan. In her suit, under Section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), Lang claims that…
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