Legal Opinion

Schindler v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided April 30, 2001No. 2:99CV150FRN29NFPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert T. Schindler brings this action against his former employer, Sears Roebuck and Co., and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), the insurer and administrator of Sears’ Group Life and Long Term Disability Insurance Plan (the Plan). 1 MetLife terminated Schindler’s long term disability (LTD) benefits after concluding that insufficient evidence existed to support Schindler’s claim that he was “totally disabled.” Schindler challenges MetLife’s termination of his LTD benefits and seeks recovery of those benefits…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Olan Jett v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., Medical Expense PlanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  4. Hca Health Services of Georgia, Inc. v. Employers Health Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  5. Ralph Block v. Pitney Bowes Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hufford v. Harris Corp.District Court, M.D. Florida · 2004
  2. Parness v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2003
  3. Howard v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2013
  4. Osbun v. Auburn Foundry, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2003
  5. Featherston v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 2004

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