SCHARFF v. RAYTHEON CO. SHORT TERM DISABILITY PLAN

No. 07-55951.

581 F.3d 899 (2009)

Donna SCHARFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAYTHEON COMPANY SHORT TERM DISABILITY PLAN; Raytheon Company Long Term Disability Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Sessions and Lisa S. Kantor, Kantor & Kantor LLP, Northridge, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Ariadne Staples, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Long Island City, NY; and Robert K. Renner, Barger & Wolen LLP, Irvine, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Opinion by Judge GRABER; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Donna Scharff worked for the Raytheon Company. The Raytheon Company employees' contributions, which are held in the Raytheon Employees Disability Trust ("Trust"), and the Company jointly fund Defendant Raytheon Company Short Term Disability Plan ("Short Term Plan"). Only the Trust funds Defendant Raytheon Company Long Term Disability Plan ("Long Term Plan"). Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") administers, but does not...

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