Legal Opinion
Joan R. Edwards v. The Great-West Life Assurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 1994No. 93-2486PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Joan R. Edwards filed a suit against The GreaG-West Life Assurance Company (“Great>-West”) in a Wisconsin state court seeking benefits allegedly due her under an employee welfare benefit plan formulated pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Defendant removed the action to the court below under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441 and 1446.
The suit was a claim for recovery of benefits under 29 U.S.C. § 1132. The question was whether plaintiffs deceased husband was eligible for death benefits, and the facts were stipulated.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Joan C. Burnham, Etc. v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Gordon B. Phillips, as Guardian of James G. Phillips v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Vicente Acevedo Velez v. Crown Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Zehren v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
- Harnischfeger Corporation, Cross-Appellee v. Harbor Insurance Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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