SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS.

No. 08-2959.

578 F.3d 505 (2009)

SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Annunziata, Fisher & Phillips, Chicago, IL, Brian K. Lafratta (argued), Fisher & Phillips, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ian S. Linker (argued), Metlife Group, Incorporated, Long Island City, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

From 1997 until April 2, 2002, Sandra Rudzinski worked for Sharp Electronics Corporation. As a full-time employee, she was entitled to participate in a long-term group disability plan (the "Plan"), which was underwritten by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"). The present controversy arose out of a lawsuit between Rudzinski and MetLife. Briefly, after Rudzinski stopped working for Sharp, she applied for a conversion policy with MetLife...

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