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VLASS v. RAYTHEON EMPLOYEES DISABILITY TRUST

No. 00-1956.

244 F.3d 27 (2001)

Clyde N. VLASS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. RAYTHEON EMPLOYEES DISABILITY TRUST; Raytheon Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Churchill, with whom James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. and Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP, were on brief, for appellants.

Daniel C. Finbury, with whom Karen Alexanian Benger and Finbury & Sullivan, P.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and STEARNS, District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("Met Life"), in its capacity as Claims Administrator of the Raytheon Company Long Term Disability Benefits Plan (the "Plan"), concluded that appellee Raymond Vlass was no longer eligible for long-term disability benefits as of September 8, 1996 because he was no longer "totally disabled." The district court concluded that Met Life's decision to discontinue benefits was "arbitrary and capricious...

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