Legal Opinion
Varco v. Lapsis
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 15, 2001No. 01 C 7695PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ALESIA, District Judge.
Before the court is plaintiff Clara Var-co’s (‘Vareo”) motion to remand this action to the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, the court grants Varco’s motion to remand.
I. BACKGROUND
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) provides its employees benefits through The Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associates’ Health and Welfare Plan (the “Plan”), a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Jass v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Administrative Committee Of The Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associates' Health And Welfare Plan v. Clara VarcoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Coughlin v. Health Care Service Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2002
- Serraiocco v. SebaDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
- Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. VarcoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Admin Comm Wal-Mart v. Varco, ClaraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003