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BLANKENSHIP v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 10-10717.

644 F.3d 1350 (2011)

Frank BLANKENSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Pennington , Pennington Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Elizabeth J. Bondurant , Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP, Atlanta, GA, James S. Christie, Jr. , Brian M. Vines , Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Teresa Wynn Roseborough , Iole Staples, New York City, Scott Burnett Smith , Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP, Huntsville, AL, Amelia T. Driscoll , McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EDMONDSON, MARTIN and COX, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, Plaintiff Frank Blankenship challenges the denial by Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") of his claims for long-term disability benefits. In reviewing those benefits decisions by MetLife, the ERISA plan administrator, we consider whether the decisions were reasonable and entitled to deference. Pointing chiefly to MetLife's structural conflict of interest as both administrator and payor of benefits, the district court...

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