Carty v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 2016 WL 7325334 (MDTN)
Dec 15, 2016OUTCOME: Favorable
Chattanooga, TN
Employee benefits Lawyer at Chattanooga, TN
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Litigation
OUTCOME: Favorable
OUTCOME: Favorable
OUTCOME: Favorable
The insurer denied our client's ERISA Life Insurance claim and the plan administrator refused to provide us with the plan documents we requested on three separate occasions. After briefing, the Court ... remanded the life insurance claim, finding the insurer's decision was arbitrary and capricious for failing to comply with the plan terms regarding eligibility. The Court also assessed a $74,140 penalty on the plan administrator for the 674 combined days it refused to provide us with the plan documents.
OUTCOME: Favorable
Insurance dispute where my client's insurance coverage had been reduced through the mistake of the insurance agent. After losing at the trial court and winning in the appellate court, the TN Supreme C ... ourt found that my client was entitled to the higher coverage amount.
OUTCOME: Favorable
My clients were sued by a passenger who had been in an accident while in their car, which was being driven at the time by someone who had not been given permission to drive the vehicle. We won at the ... trial court, dismissing the case against my clients, and were affirmed on appeal in this published decision.