SANTALIZ-RÍOS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 11-1279.

693 F.3d 57 (2012)

Luis Arturo SANTALIZ-RÍOS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee, Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; King Pharmaceutical, Inc.; King Pharmaceuticals Welfare Benefit Plan, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Vivaldi Oliver , with whom Luis Vivaldi Oliver Law Offices was on brief, for appellant.

Frank Gotay-Barquet , with whom Gotay & Pérez, P.S.C. was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

The only issue before us in this appeal is whether appellant's Employee Retirement and Income Security Act ("ERISA") claim for reinstatement of disability benefits is time-barred. The district court found that appellant's claim was time-barred, and that his various arguments regarding tolling of the limitations period had no merit. Accordingly, it granted appellee's motion to dismiss.

On appeal, appellant renews his tolling arguments...

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