Brush Wellman, Inc. v. Montes

ORDER

CARR, District Judge.

This is an ERISA case brought by Brush Wellman, Inc., which has a company-funded medical benefits plan, to recover medical benefits paid to Donna Ries and Jessie Wilke, wife and step-daughter, respectively, of a Brush Wellman employee, Robert Ries. The benefits — $43,538.09 to Mrs. Ries, and $219,056.48 to Ms. Wilke— were paid following a motor vehicle collision which seriously injured Mrs. Ries and Ms. Wilke.

Initially, Brush Wellman sued the driver, Carlos Montes, and owner, Jorge Reyes, of the truck that collided with the Rieses’ vehicle, and their putative…