Legal Opinion
Dobson v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 29, 2007No. 3:99CV2256 (JBA)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Docs. # # 180, 183]
JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Douglas Dobson initially brought this lawsuit against Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) under Sections 502(a)(1)(B) and 502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) and (a)(3), on behalf of a putative class of participants in long-term disability (“LTD”) plans for which Hartford served as insurer who were denied interest on allegedly unreasonably withheld, and then retroactively paid, benefits.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Varity Corp. v. HoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Aetna Health Inc. v. DavilaSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Amara v. Cigna Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2008
- Dobson v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
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- Dobson v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009