Legal Opinion
Mereness v. United States Office of Personnel Management
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided August 17, 2016No. Case No. 1:15-cv-43 SNLJPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On March 18, 2015, plaintiff Michael Mereness filed this lawsuit against the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) alleging that OPM had breached its contract with him by wrongfully denying insurance coverage for his son, N.M. Both parties have filed for summary judgment, and the motions are now fully briefed and ripe for disposition.
I. Factual Background
The facts of this matter are uncontested except where indicated.
Plaintiff Michael Mereness was at all relevant times an employee of the United States…
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