The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit continued its line of cases favoring individuals who sue insurers for health and disability benefits by ruling that Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. must consider a disability benefits claim filed after a plan’s three-year deadline for bringing suit (Santana-Diaz v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 2016 BL 76943, 1st Cir., 15-1273, 3/14/16).
Jonathan M. Feigenbaum, a Boston-based insurance attorney who has litigated before the First Circuit on behalf of plan participants, told Bloomberg BNA that the court is increasingly becoming one of the most participant-friendly jurisdictions for bringing a suit ...
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