Legal Opinion
Wright v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Group Benefits Plan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 2005No. 04-1986PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Michael J.M. Wright, appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Group Benefits Plan, and Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”). Wright alleged that Hartford’s termination of his short-term disability benefits, and its failure to grant his long-term disability benefits, violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Plan
In connection with his…
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