Legal Opinion
Paul R. Peterson Construction, Inc. v. Arizona State Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 10, 1994No. 1 CA-CV 91-0203PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal involves an examination of the relationship between federal and state law regarding the viability of an equitable estop-pel claim asserted against a union trust fund employee health and welfare benefits plan that is subject to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), under 29 U.S.C. § 1002(1). As a preliminary matter, we must determine whether law of the case established by a prior final appellate decision in this matter applies. The issues before us include the following:
1. May defendant assert in this appeal that an equitable…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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