Legal Opinion
Jerry Harris v. The Epoch Group, L.C. Barnes-Jewish Christian Hospitals, Doing Business as Bjc Healthcare & Associated Entities Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2004No. 03-2006PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Harris appeals the dismissal of his claim for health benefits as time-barred. We conclude Harris brought the claim in a timely manner, and therefore reverse and remand.
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Harris fell from a tree and broke his right foot and left femur on August 4, 1994. He made a claim for benefits through a self-funded health plan governed by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and established by his wife’s employer, Barnes Hospital (now Barnes-Jewish Christian Hospitals). The plan denied his claim on February 8, 1995.
In February 2002, he brought suit in Missouri…
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