LAKE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 94-3852.

73 F.3d 1372 (1996)

Mary Ellen LAKE; Calvin Pauley; Genevieve Blanton; Anna Mink; Vestil Perry; Russell Buffington, and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and General Electric Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dianne R. Newman, Sternberg, Newman & Associates, Akron, OH, Jon F. Holder (argued and briefed), Holder & Grover, Portland, ME, for Mary Ellen Lake, Calvin Pauley, Genevieve Blanton, Anna Mink, Vestil Perry and Russel Buffington.

John T. Meredith (argued and briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Joseph Trovato (briefed), New York City, Linda Wintner, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., New York City, Allen M. Marcus (argued), Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., New York City, for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. and General Electric Co.

Before: NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 29, 1996.

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, former General Electric Company ("GE") employees who became disabled while at GE, brought suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1461 (West 1985 & Supp.1995), to recover insurance benefits allegedly due them. At issue is the...

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