Roganti v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al

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Roganti v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al

Plaintiff:	Ronald A. Roganti
Defendant:	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Retirement Plan For United States Employees, Savings and Investment Plan For Employees of Metropolitan Life and Participant Affiliates, The Metlife Auxiliary Pension Plan and The Metropolitan Life Supplemental Auxiliary Savings and Investment Plan
Case Number:	2:2012cv00161
Filed:	January 9, 2012
Court:	US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office:	Foley Square - Suspense Office
County:	XX Out of State
Presiding Judge:	Paul A. Engelmayer
Nature of Suit:	Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Cause of Action:	28 U.S.C. § 1331
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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November 14, 2013	Filing 51 OPINION & ORDER: AVC: The Court holds that MetLife did not err in not including AVC in its calculation of Roganti's pension. As a final matter, Roganti seeks a Court order directing that MetLife in addition to compensating Roganti for his under paid pension from March 2005 to October 31, 2013 pay Roganti the adjusted monthly pension going forward. See Letter at 16. This outcome logically follows from, and is required by, the Courts September 25, 2013 Opinion. In the event that MetLife concl udes otherwise, for whatever reason, it is directed to address this issue in a letter to the Court by November 19, 2013. The parties are directed to meet and confer, and to submit, by November 21, 2013, a proposed order embodying the judgment in this case, one consistent with this Order and the Courts September 25, 2013 Opinion. The Courts intention is to promptly sign such an order and then close this case.(Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 11/14/2013) (djc) Modified on 11/14/2013 (djc).
September 25, 2013	Filing 45 OPINION AND ORDER: For the reasons stated above, the Court holds that (1) the FINRA panels Award to Roganti of $2,492,442.07 represented back pay; that such back pay is to be deemed benefits eligible compensation under the terms of the Plans; an d that defendants are to allocate this sum to Roganti's income in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, in the amounts specified above, for purposes of calculating Roganti's pension; see supra, pp. 14,20; and (2) MetLife, as Plan Administrator, ab used its discretion, and acted arbitrarily and capriciously, in concluding otherwise. Because MetLife's denial of benefits was unreasonable, and because the record supplies a solid basis on which to attribute the arbitral Award to particular yea rs in particular amounts, another remand would be "a useless formality." Solomon v. Met. Life Ins. Co., 628 F.Supp. 2d 519, 533 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (citing Miller, 72 F.3d at 1071); Zervos v. Verizon N.Y., 277 F.3d 635, 648 (2d Cir. 2002) (&quo t;[R]emand of an ERISA action seeking benefits is inappropriate where the difficulty is not that the administrative record was incomplete but that a denial of benefits based on the record was unreasonable. "). The Court directs counsel for Roga nti and defendants to, within the next week, identify what, if any, open issues remain to be addressed in this lawsuit. The parties shall submit to the Court, by October 7,2013, a joint letter addressing this subject. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 9/25/2013) (djc)

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November 14, 2013

Filing 51 OPINION & ORDER: AVC: The Court holds that MetLife did not err in not including AVC in its calculation of Roganti's pension. As a final matter, Roganti seeks a Court order directing that MetLife in addition to compensating Roganti for his under paid pension from March 2005 to October 31, 2013 pay Roganti the adjusted monthly pension going forward. See Letter at 16. This outcome logically follows from, and is required by, the Courts September 25, 2013 Opinion. In the event that MetLife concl udes otherwise, for whatever reason, it is directed to address this issue in a letter to the Court by November 19, 2013. The parties are directed to meet and confer, and to submit, by November 21, 2013, a proposed order embodying the judgment in this case, one consistent with this Order and the Courts September 25, 2013 Opinion. The Courts intention is to promptly sign such an order and then close this case.(Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 11/14/2013) (djc) Modified on 11/14/2013 (djc).

September 25, 2013

Filing 45 OPINION AND ORDER: For the reasons stated above, the Court holds that (1) the FINRA panels Award to Roganti of $2,492,442.07 represented back pay; that such back pay is to be deemed benefits eligible compensation under the terms of the Plans; an d that defendants are to allocate this sum to Roganti's income in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, in the amounts specified above, for purposes of calculating Roganti's pension; see supra, pp. 14,20; and (2) MetLife, as Plan Administrator, ab used its discretion, and acted arbitrarily and capriciously, in concluding otherwise. Because MetLife's denial of benefits was unreasonable, and because the record supplies a solid basis on which to attribute the arbitral Award to particular yea rs in particular amounts, another remand would be "a useless formality." Solomon v. Met. Life Ins. Co., 628 F.Supp. 2d 519, 533 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (citing Miller, 72 F.3d at 1071); Zervos v. Verizon N.Y., 277 F.3d 635, 648 (2d Cir. 2002) (&quo t;[R]emand of an ERISA action seeking benefits is inappropriate where the difficulty is not that the administrative record was incomplete but that a denial of benefits based on the record was unreasonable. "). The Court directs counsel for Roga nti and defendants to, within the next week, identify what, if any, open issues remain to be addressed in this lawsuit. The parties shall submit to the Court, by October 7,2013, a joint letter addressing this subject. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 9/25/2013) (djc)

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Plaintiff: Ronald A. Roganti
Represented By:	David George Gabor
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Defendant: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Represented By:	Michael H Bernstein
Represented By:	John T Seybert
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Defendant: Metropolitan Life Retirement Plan For United States Employees, Savings and Investment Plan For Employees of Metropolitan Life and Participant Affiliates
Represented By:	Michael H Bernstein
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Defendant: The Metlife Auxiliary Pension Plan
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Defendant: The Metropolitan Life Supplemental Auxiliary Savings and Investment Plan
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