Legal Opinion
Pipefitters Local 636 Ins. Fund v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mich.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2013No. 12-2265PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Pipefitters Local 686 Insurance Fund (sometimes referred to as “the Fund”) is a self-funded benefits plan, established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. Plaintiff contends that Defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (sometimes referred to as “BCBSM”) violated the fiduciary duties Defendant owes to Plaintiff under ERISA by discretionarily setting and billing Plaintiff for a cost transfer subsidy fee, known as the “other-than-group fee.” The district court granted summary judgment to…
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