Legal Opinion
Jeneal Meredith v. Time Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1993No. 92-2300PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
JeNeal Meredith appeals the summary judgment dismissal of her Texas common-law and statutory claims against her insurance carrier, Time Insurance Company. Finding her claims to be beyond the preemptive scope of the Employee Retire ment Income Security Act (“ERISA”), we vacate and remand.
Background
Meredith is the owner of a business known as the “Strawberry Fruit Basket Co.,” a small flower and fruit basket company in Pasadena, Texas which she organized as a sole proprietorship, employing herself and, ostensibly, her husband. In April of 1987 she applied for participation…
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