Legal Opinion
Guarino v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 7, 1995No. Civ. A. 95-10226-DPWPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
I
This case involves a dispute over the termination of disability benefits. Scott Guari-no (“Guarino”) alleges that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) improperly terminated long term disability (“LTD”) benefits which were due him under his employment agreement with his former employer, the Raytheon Company. The Raytheon Long Term Disability Plan (the “Plan”) is an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), codified, in part, at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461.
Guarino initiated suit in…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- James L. McCoy Administrator of the Electrical Workers Trust Funds, Etc. v. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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- Vlass v. Raytheon Employees Disability TrustCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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- Pelletier v. Reliance Standard Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2002
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