Plotting A Course To Defeat Claims Of Insurer Bias

Cooper v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No 16-3429, 2017 WL 2853729 (8th Cir. July 5, 2017), is a fairly typical ERISA long-term disability case, but has unusually strong pro-insurer holdings. On appeal from a summary judgment win for MetLife, the Eight Circuit conclusively rejected the plaintiff’s claim that the insurer’s dual role as decisionmaker and payor of benefits warranted a closer review of its decision.

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