LADD v. ITT CORP.

No. 97-4138.

148 F.3d 753 (1998)

Rebecca LADD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ITT CORPORATION and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. DeBofsky (argued), DeBofsky & DeBofsky, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Piskorski, Joshua M. Henderson (argued), Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

This is an ERISA suit to overturn the denial of Rebecca Ladd's claim for disability benefits under the employee welfare plan sponsored by her employer, ITT, and administered by MetLife. Since the plan authorized the plan administrator to use its discretion in making claims determinations, our role is the limited one of determining whether MetLife abused its discretion — acted unreasonably —...

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