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FORCIER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 06-1088.

469 F.3d 178 (2006)

Lorraine FORCIER, as Administrator of the Estate of Darren Forcier, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants. Doris Forcier, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara S. Liftman, with whom Law Office of Barbara S. Liftman was on brief, for appellant.

Shaun B. Spencer, with whom Law Office of Shaun Spencer, P.C., Janet Fennell, and Law Office of Neil Davis were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, SILER, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case is a procedural motley presenting a set of curious questions about the respective roles of insurance carriers and federal courts under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. When all is said and done, the appeal that we must decide turns on the parties' agreeable acquiescence in the district court's assumption of the insurer's wonted role. The tale follows.

We assume the...

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