TETREAULT v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 13-2353.

769 F.3d 49 (2014)

Michele C. TETREAULT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; The Limited Long Term Disability Program, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Feigenbaum , for appellant.

Joshua Bachrach , with whom Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP was on brief, for appellees.

Before THOMPSON, KAYATTA and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


BARRON, Circuit Judge.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) governs employee benefit plans. 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Among other things, the statute permits beneficiaries to go to court to challenge their plan's decision to deny or cut off their benefits. Id. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Before filing suit, however, beneficiaries must first use — or, as it is often put, "exhaust" ...

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