Legal Opinion

Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associates' Health & Welfare Plan v. Shank Ex Rel. Shank

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 31, 2007No. 06-3531PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

The Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Associates’ Health and Welfare Plan (“the Committee”) brought suit under section 502(a)(3) of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3), against James A. Shank, Deborah J. Shank, and the Deborah J. Shank Irrevocable Trust (“the Shanks”). The Committee sought reimbursement for $469,216 it had paid in medical expenses on behalf of Deborah Shank. The district court 1 granted summary judgment for the Committee, and the Shanks appeal. We affirm.

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Deborah Shank ■ (“Shank”) was a Wal-Mart employee and a member of the Associates’ Health, and…

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