SANTANA-DÍAZ v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 17-1428.

919 F.3d 691 (2019)

Dionisio SANTANA-DÍAZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee, Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc.; Buckeye Caribbean Terminal, LLC, f/k/a Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc.; Ikon Group, Inc.; John Doe; Jane Doe; XYZ Administrator, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Efraín Maceira-Ortiz for appellant.

Frank Gotay-BarQuet , with whom Gotay & Pérez, P.S.C., San Juan, PR, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson and Barron, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns the denial of long-term disability ("LTD") benefits for Plaintiff-Appellant Dionisio Santana-Díaz ("Santana") under his employee welfare benefit plan ("Plan"). After the Plan's administrator, Defendant-Appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. ("MetLife"), denied Santana's LTD benefits claim, Santana brought...

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