Blair v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN E. OTT, United States Chief Magistrate Judge.

In this action originally filed in state court, Plaintiff Sharon Blair brings a claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., alleging that her Long Term Disability (“LTD”) benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan were wrongfully terminated. (Doc.1 1-1 at 3-4 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”)). Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”), the plan’s claims administra*1232tor, removed the action to this court. (Doc. 1). The case was assigned to the undersigned…