SEPULVEDA-RODRIGUEZ v. METLIFE GROUP, INC.

No. 18-1760, No. 18-1761.

936 F.3d 723 (2019)

Silvia SEPULVEDA-RODRIGUEZ Plaintiff-Appellee v. METLIFE GROUP, INC., a New York Corporation Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York Corporation Defendant-Appellant Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation Defendant Silvia Sepulveda-Rodriguez Plaintiff-Appellee v. MetLife Group, Inc., a New York Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York Corporation Defendants Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation Defendant-Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was Steven D. Davidson , of Omaha, NE.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellant Ford Motor Company was Daniel Joseph Zollner , of Chicago, IL. The following attorneys appeared on the brief; John A. Svoboda of Omaha, NE; Jill M. Wheaton , of Chicago, IL.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Thomas J. Monaghan , of Omaha, NE. The following attorney appeared on the appellee brief; Rodney C. Dahlquist , of Omaha, NE.

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) and Ford Motor Company appeal the district court's award of benefits, costs and attorney fees in this case brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq. (ERISA). Silvia Sepulveda-Rodriguez's husband, Jose, the insured and an...

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