United States Second Circuit

Dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's claim, alleging wrongful termination of disability benefits under ERISA, is vacated where defendant violated the deadlines for completing review of a denial of benefits set forth in 29 C.F.R. section 2560.503-1(h).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/21/2005
• Published 04/21/2005

Judges

• POOLER, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher P. Foley, (Patrick F. Foley, on the brief) McCormick, Dunne & Foley, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant., Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP Foundation Litigation, Melvin R. Radowitz, AARP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae AARP.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen D. Cuyler, (David A. Brooks, on the brief), Cuyler Burk, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellee.