Legal Opinion
Filiatrault v. Comverse Technology, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 27, 2001No. 01-1409PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Gilíes Filiatrault brought suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1994 & Supp. V 1999), and specifically, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) (authorizing a private action by a participant in, or beneficiary of, an ERISA-regulated plan “to recover benefits due ... under the terms of [the] plan”). The lower court found the plaintiffs claims lacking in merit and entered summary judgment for the defendants. We affirm.
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Background
In this suit, the plaintiff seeks to collect benefits allegedly due under an employee…
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