Legal Opinion
Schultz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided February 19, 1997No. 96-1398-CIV-T-23APublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PIZZO, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case involves a disputed claim for accidental death and dismemberment benefits and seat belt user accidental death benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan, as defined and governed by the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (ERISA). Both sides have moved for summary judgment (docs. 25 and 27). After considering their submissions, I find that the plan administrator did not act arbitrarily and capriciously when it denied benefits on the basis that the insured’s death was not caused by an- accident but…
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