Legal Opinion
Alvan H. Wolf v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 1995No. 95-1440PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Alvan Wolf prevailed in his jury-tried contract action against defendant-appellant Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”) for denial of disability benefits. Reliance appeals the trial court’s ruling that ERISA preemption is an affirmative defense which Reliance waived by failing to plead it timely. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
We begin by reciting the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. See Aetna Cas. Sur. Co. v. P & B Autobody, 43 F.3d 1546, 1552 (1st Cir.1994).
Wolf founded Brookfield Factory Outlet, Inc. (“Brookfield”), a…
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