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18 May 2011, 5:10 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Birnbaum represented Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the nations longest running tort case, asbestos litigation. [read post]
16 May 2011, 12:27 pm by Adrian Lurssen
Erik is a founding partner of the law firm Reardon Anderson, which provides legal services to its clients in New Jersey and the metropolitan New York City area... [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 6:37 pm by Robert McKennon
On April 25, 2011, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and California State Controller John Chiang announced that they are investigating Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) for a failure to pay out life insurance benefits after learning of an insured’s death. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 6:05 pm by Robert McKennon
Terrance Burnett was eligible for short-term disability (“STD”) benefits and long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits through employee welfare benefit plans funded by his employer, The Raytheon Company, and administered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 5:00 am by Gregory Dell
A recent opinion rendered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Michael Palmer v Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) demonstrated just how this can happen. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 6:02 am by Bexis
  The court’s eagle eyes spied a Tennessee appellate court decision that rejected the argument that a person’s life was a “thing of value” under the Tennessee statute:[T]he General Assembly intended for the Consumer Protection Act to be used by a person claiming damages for an ascertainable loss of money or property due to an unfair or deceptive act or practice and not in a wrongful death action.2011 WL 1259650, at *3 (quoting Kirksey v. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 7:11 am
The fine was also mitigated by the fact that senior management was unaware of the actions that led to the violations and that McGriff had subsequently strengthened its OFAC compliance program in response to the violations.In the second enforcement action, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) paid $22,500 to OFAC to settle allegations that it violated the Cuban Assets Control Regulations. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 11:41 am
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Life Insurance for the underpayment and subsequent termination of his disability benefits under ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) that Palmer had as an employee of Alltel Corporation. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 8:36 am by Nexsen Pruet
She participated in Delta’s ERISA-governed life insurance program administered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 11:13 am by Mike
 Magistrate Bernard Zimmerman explains: While plaintiff agrees that the abuse of discretion standard applies, she urges the Court to conduct a heightened review under Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 2:44 pm by Bonny Rafel
On March 11, 2010, "Death of a loved one can be beginning of hard fight with life insurer"provided a sampling of recent cases where Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the nations largest insurer, and Prudential, who advertises that it provides disability insurance to the most Americans, play hardball particularly with cases governed by ERISA, because the penalties for erroneous decision making is simply a slap on the wrist. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 4:30 am by Gregory Dell
Disability Blog & Cases: Disability lawsuit against MetLife alleges insurance company refuses to pay disabled claimant The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, known as MetLife (NYSE: MET), is being sued in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, for refusing to honor its contractual obligation to pay long term disability insurance benefits to a psychologically impaired woman. [read post]
  In 2006, the firm was also fined for violating disclosure rules in connection with the sale of variable life insurance policies and annuities. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 12:51 pm
The Supreme Court expressed such "serious concerns" in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 5:26 am by Stanley D. Baum
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 10-3171 (10th Cir. 2011), the plaintiff, Michael Palmer ("Palmer"), brought suit under ERISA against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") for underpaying and later terminating his disability benefits under the Alltel Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan (the "Plan"). [read post]