Legal Opinion
Burton v. Colo. Access
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 12, 2018No. Supreme Court Case Nos. 15SC801; 16SC163PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Caroline Burton and Brenda Olivar submitted claims for long-term disability benefits to insurance companies under employee-benefits plans set up by their employers ("the Plans"). Both Burton's and Olivar's employers created the Plans by purchasing long-term disability policies from insurance companies. The insurance companies denied Burton's and Olivar's claims. Burton and Olivar sued the Plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) (2016), for benefits due to them under the insurance policies.…
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