Plan’s 3-Year Limitations Period Bars Action, 11th Circuit Holds
July 3rd, 2010
ATLANTA – An ERISA-governed disability plan’s three-year contractual limitations period bars an action seeking reinstatement of long-term disability benefits that were terminated after the claimant failed to secure Social Security disability benefits, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 17 (David Bennett v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No.09-16127, 11th Cir.; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12484).
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Plan’s 3-Year Limitations Period Bars Action, 11th Circuit Holds
July 3rd, 2010
ATLANTA – An ERISA-governed disability plan’s three-year contractual limitations period bars an action seeking reinstatement of long-term disability benefits that were terminated after the claimant failed to secure Social Security disability benefits, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 17 (David Bennett v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No.09-16127, 11th Cir.; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12484).
Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
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