Voight

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiff Lynne Voight filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (a)(1)(B) (“ERISA”) against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) for wrongful denial of long term disability benefits. MetLife’s motion for summary judgment came on regularly for hearing on October 5, 1998. Having carefully considered the papers submitted and the oral argument of counsel, the court grants MetLife’s motion.

I.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The following facts are undisputed.

Lynne Voight was employed by First Federal Savings Bank (the “Bank”) from December 1990 to April 1995 as a Full Service Specialist. In this position, she provided customer service and handled administrative responsibilities. (Defendant’s Statement of Uneontroverted Facts (“Def.’s Fact”) 1.) On January 11,1995, Voight took a medical leave of absence to undergo trans-nasal brain surgery. The surgeon removed a pituitary tumor that had been secreting a growth hormone into Voight’s bloodstream, resulting in a hormonal imbalance called acromegaly. (Def.’s Fact 8.) The procedure was successful, and she returned to work on…