Legal Opinion
Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 20, 2002No. Docket No. 01-7608PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Hancock”) appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Chin, /.), awarding to plaintiffs-appellees Harris Trust and Savings Bank and The Bank of New York (“Harris”) $84.88 million, including attorneys’ fees and interest, the court having found that Hancock violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., by breaching in various ways its fiduciary duties of loyalty and avoidance of self-dealing.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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