Legal Opinion

Herbert A. SLAMEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PAUL REVERE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 1, 1999No. 98-6147PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Herbert Slamen appeals from an adverse post-trial order dismissing his claim for disability insurance benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”). 1 Slamen contends that his disability insurance policy was not governed by ERISA and that the federal district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over his suit against the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. for refusing to pay benefits under Sla-men’s policy. Slamen contends that the district court should have remanded the case to the Alabama state…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Donovan v. DillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Jeneal Meredith v. Time Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. James T. Williams v. Fred P. Wright, Jr., Individually and as Liquidating Trustee of Wright Pest Control Co. Of South Carolina, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  4. 19 Employee Benefits Cas. 1326, Pens. Plan Guide P 23907b George Peterson v. American Life & Health Insurance Company Creative Health Programs Pacific Southwest Association of Small Employer Firms Richard ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  5. William O’Neal WHITT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHERMAN INT’L CORP., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Raymond B. Yates, MD, PC Profit Sharing Plan v. HendonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. House v. American United Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  3. Sipma v. Massachusetts Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
  4. Satendra K. Agrawal Satendra K. Agrawal, M.D., Inc. v. Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  5. Garrison v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1999

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