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FONTAINE v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 14-1984.

800 F.3d 883 (2015)

Mary C. FONTAINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 2015.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 7, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Debofsky , Attorney, Martina Brendel Sherman , Attorney, Debofsky & Associates, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Warren Sebastian Von Schleicher , Attorney, Smith, Von Schleicher & Associates, Chicago, IL, Ian Seth Linker , Attorney, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

In 1989, the Supreme Court held that courts should apply de novo review in suits challenging denials of employee benefits governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, better known as ERISA. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101, 115, 109 S...

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