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DRINKWATER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 87-1533.

846 F.2d 821 (1988)

Richard DRINKWATER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Holian, Boston, Mass., with whom Charles J. Yeager was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

William J. Toppeta with whom James M. Lenaghan and David J. Larkin, Jr., New York City, were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (Metropolitan) and against the Drinkwaters, Richard and Judith, on claims arising out of Richard Drinkwater's entitlement to disability benefits under a qualified ERISA-plan. Count I, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for breach of fiduciary duty, was properly dismissed as an extra-contractual claim not authorized by ERISA. Count...

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