RILEY v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 13-2166.

744 F.3d 241 (2014)

Robert RILEY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a MetLife, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valeriano Diviacchi for appellant.

James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. , with whom Johanna L. Matloff and Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

In 2012, plaintiff Robert Riley filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. ("MetLife"), arguing that MetLife had been underpaying his monthly benefits since its 2005 denial of his assertion that he was entitled to a larger payment calculation under his long-term disability insurance plan. The district court granted MetLife...

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