Legal Opinion
Vivion McRae and Paulette McRae v. Seafarers' Welfare Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1991No. 90-7011PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case raises an important question, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ERISA: 1 May a plaintiff recover extra-contractual damages under ERISA § 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3). 2
Vivion McRae and his wife Paulette were insured beneficiaries of a multi-employer employee benefit insurance plan known as Seafarer’s Welfare Plan [“the Plan”]. The McRaes filed suit to compel the Plan to pay certain medical expenses incurred by the McRaes as a result of Mrs. McRae obtaining a tubal reanastomosis. 3 The McRaes also sued for compensatory and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- 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
- Barbara J. HENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DUNDEE, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Earl Lee and David Abramson v. Richard Burkhart and Patrick Sullivan, Connecticut General Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Isaac FORD, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIROYAL PENSION PLAN, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Harsch v. EisenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23,924 Barbara Carol Godfrey v. Bellsouth Telecommunica- Tions, Inc. South Central BellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Melissa Hurt Lafoy v. Hmo Colorado, a Colorado Corporation Premier Care, Inc., a Colorado CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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