Trahan v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 18-1262. (2019)
Court: District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Number: infdco20191024a92
Visitors: 6
Filed: Oct. 23, 2019
Latest Update: Oct. 23, 2019
Summary: JUDGMENT TERRY A. DOUGHTY , District Judge . The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge having been considered, no objections thereto having been filed, and finding that same is supported by the law and the record in this matter, IT IS ORDERED that defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's motion for partial summary judgment [doc. # 45] is hereby GRANTED, and the court finds that, a. ERISA governs the employee benefit plan at issue in this case, b. the subject plan v
Summary: JUDGMENT TERRY A. DOUGHTY , District Judge . The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge having been considered, no objections thereto having been filed, and finding that same is supported by the law and the record in this matter, IT IS ORDERED that defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's motion for partial summary judgment [doc. # 45] is hereby GRANTED, and the court finds that, a. ERISA governs the employee benefit plan at issue in this case, b. the subject plan ve..
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JUDGMENT
TERRY A. DOUGHTY, District Judge.
The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge having been considered, no objections thereto having been filed, and finding that same is supported by the law and the record in this matter,
IT IS ORDERED that defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's motion for partial summary judgment [doc. # 45] is hereby GRANTED, and the court finds that,
a. ERISA governs the employee benefit plan at issue in this case,
b. the subject plan vests the administrator, including MetLife, with discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits and/or construe and interpret the terms of the plan, and
c. ERISA preempts all state law claims related to the employee benefit plan at issue.
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