KOROTYNSKA v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 05-1613.

474 F.3d 101 (2006)

Marta KOROTYNSKA, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Cheray Bryant, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Bucher Isbister, Tydings & Rosenberg, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Kathleen Mary McKenna, Proskauer & Rose, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jason Newfield, Justin Frankel, Frankel & Newfield, P.C., Garden City, New York; Edward O. Comitz, Andrew S. Friedman, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Lawrence J. Quinn, Tydings & Rosenberg, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Stephanie L. Marn, Proskauer & Rose, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Tracey Rogers, Proskauer & Rose, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this case alleges that defendant fiduciary breached its duties to her and other benefits plan participants by engaging in improper claims procedures designed to deny valid claims for longterm disability benefits. She seeks equitable relief under Section 502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security...

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