Legal Opinion
Darden v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided June 30, 1989No. 83-96-CIV-3PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TERRENCE WILLIAM BOYLE, District Judge.
Robert T. Darden, a former insurance agent for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, brought this action against Nationwide on November 8, 1983, seeking to recover retirement benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. This court initially granted Nationwide’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Darden did not qualify as an employee within the scope of ERISA and therefore had no enforceable rights against Nationwide under the Act. This decision was vacated on appeal to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Donald E. Belsky v. First National Life Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Robert T. Darden v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Belka v. Rowe Furniture Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1983
- Belsky v. First National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1986
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. DardenSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Patrick Demery v. Extebank Deferred Compensation Plan (B)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Duggan v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Schroeder v. New Century Holdings, Inc. (In Re New Century Holdings, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2008
- Gallione v. FlahertyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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