Legal Opinion
Cathey v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1991No. C-8323PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GONZALEZ, Justice.
This is an appeal in a case involving “ERISA,” the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988). An employee and his wife brought state law claims against his employer and its insured for alleged wrongful denial of a claim for in-home nursing care. The trial court granted a summary judgment to the defendants. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. 764 S.W.2d 286. We are called upon to decide whether causes of action stated under: 1) article 21.21, section 16 of the Texas Insurance Code; 2) section 17.50(a)(4)…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Gorman v. Life Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Jasper Hogan v. Kraft Foods, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Hollaway v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
- Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n v. Puckett, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
- Ambulatory Infusion Therapy Specialist, Inc. v. North American Administrators, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
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