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· 10/30/1996

Cates v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 14 F. Supp. 2d 1024
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20614
  • 1996 WL 944129

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • relying on prior decisions, not evidence, as establishing that “infliction of ser[i]ous injury or death” was “reasonably foreseeable,” and failing to consider whether injury or death was “highly likely”
  • relying on Wickman in upholding plan administrator’s denial of benefits

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Judges: Collier

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