No. 21-6982

Robert Stanley Gordon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: benefits-denial conflict-of-interest custody erisa evidence evidence-retention long-term-disability plan-concealment
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment.

Whether a conflict of interest is acceptable when a defendant retains custody of evidence against them.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-17
Reply of petitioner Robert Stanley Gordon filed. (Distributed)
2022-02-28
Brief of respondent Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in opposition filed.
2021-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ronald Keith AlbertsGordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Respondent
Robert Stanley Gordon
Robert Gordon — Petitioner