United States Seventh Circuit
Holmstrom v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 09-2173
In plaintiff's ERISA action against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) for termination of her long-term disability benefits, district court's grant of summary judgment for MetLife on plaintiff's claim for benefits and MetLife's counterclaim to obtain a setoff for Social Security payments plaintiff received, is reversed and remanded where: 1) plaintiff has shown several other reasons for finding that MetLife acted arbitrarily and capriciously in terminating her benefits and then sticking with that decision through the administrative reviews for which plaintiff provided exactly the sort of detailed information that MetLife had demanded; 2) plaintiff's long-term benefits must be reinstated retroactively as of August 5, 2005; and 3) the district court must have an opportunity to consider plaintiff's request for attorney fees and prejudgment interest on remand.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/11/2010
- Decided 08/04/2010
- Published 08/04/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit