NEWMAN v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 17-1844.

885 F.3d 992 (2018)

Margery NEWMAN, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2018.

As Amended on Petition for Rehearing March 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Cronin , Attorney, CRONIN & COMPANY, LTD, Chicago, IL, Robert R. Duncan , Attorney, DUNCAN LAW GROUP, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven H. Brogan , Stephen Alan Serfass , Attorneys, DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel J. Delaney , Attorney, DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, LLP, Chicago, IL, Sheldon Eliot Eisenberg , Attorney, DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


At age 56, Margery Newman purchased a long-term-care insurance plan from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife"). She opted for one of MetLife's non-standard options for paying her insurance premiums; MetLife called the method she selected "Reduced-Pay at 65." When Newman was 67 years old, she was startled to discover...

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