Sotiropoulos v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

MEMORANDUM REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Nancy Saliba Sotiropoulos filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) on March 9, 1995. Plaintiff seeks to recover benefits pursuant to a long-term disability policy issued by defendant Travelers Indemnity Company of Rhode Island, now known as Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut (“Travelers”), to plaintiffs former employer, Holyoke Hospital.

In response, defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds, first, that plaintiff was…