DONATO v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 93-2340.

19 F.3d 375 (1994)

Christine M. DONATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Young, Young & Associates, Robert H. Mittelman (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alvin Pasternak (argued), Michael A. DeMicco, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Law Dept., New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Christine Donato, brought an action against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Ms. Donato, a former employee of Kemper Financial Services ("Kemper"), sought a reinstatement of benefits under Kemper's Long Term Disability Benefit Plan (the "Plan"), for which MetLife is the insurer and fiduciary. The district court...

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