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WILLIAMS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 09-1025, 09-1568.

609 F.3d 622 (2010)

Gloria WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Gloria Williams, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, and Cingular Wireless; Arthur Finch; Shirley Byrd; Martinez Johnson, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Iole Ariadne Staples, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, New York, for Appellant. Andrew O. Whiteman, Hartzell & White-Man, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen A. Dunn, Emanuel & Dunn, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Senior Judge ALARCÓN joined.

OPINION

KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, we consider whether the district court erred in holding that an administrator of an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, abused its discretion when the administrator terminated the plaintiff's long-term disability benefits. We also consider whether the district court abused its discretion by awarding...

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