Legal Opinion
Oliver v. the Coca-Cola Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided October 21, 2005No. CIV.A.04-12-2684-MPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ACKER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Theron Oliver (“Oliver”), invokes the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”), seeking to recover long-term disability benefits from his former employer, The Coca-Cola Company (“Coca-Cola”), which is both the Plan Sponsor and the Plan Administrator of a Long-Term Disability Income Plan (“the Plan”) in which Oliver was a participant. Oliver also sues Broadspire Services, Inc. (“Broadspire”), an entity that Oliver originally alleged to be the Plan Administrator but now contends was the “de facto”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Carolyn Herzberger v. Standard Insurance Company, Beverly A. Johnson v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Hugo Diaz v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Florence Nightingale Nursing Service, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue ShieldDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1993
3Cited by4 opinions
- Oliver v. Coca Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- Byars v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Oliver v. Coca-Cola Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 2005
- Oliver v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007