Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2011No. 10-1702PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge DUNCAN joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Emma C. Boyd was an employee of Delta Airlines, Inc. who participated in a life insurance plan administered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met-Life”) and governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. At the time of Emma’s death in November 2008, the plan documents on file with Met-Life designated Emma’s husband, Robert Alsager, as the primary beneficiary of the plan. MetLife thus paid the…
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