Third Circuit OKs MetLife’s Denial of Life Insurance

MetLife properly denied life insurance benefits to the mother of a deceased union worker who failed to work enough hours to be eligible for coverage, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded (Malishka v. MetLife, 2015 BL 422387, 3d Cir., 14-4195, unpublished 12/23/15).

The mother challenged a lower court’s ruling in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., criticizing the judge for relying on inadmissible “hearsay” evidence. Specifically, she argued that the judge looked to summaries of benefit fund contributions that were “clearly hearsay compilations” based off of checks that her son’s union received from ...