MetLife Sued by Ex-BlackRock Worker Seeking Disability Benefits

A former BlackRock Inc. marketing vice president sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for disability benefits, accusing the insurer of wrongly denying her nearly two years worth of payments.

MetLife afforded “little weight” to the opinions of the plaintiff’s treating physicians, who agreed that her conditions left her unable to work between June 2021 and March 2023, according to the lawsuit. The plaintiff also charges MetLife with failing to credit her subjective complaints, relying on the opinions of doctors who weren’t appropriately qualified, and engaging in a selective review of medical records in order to reach a “result oriented claim ...