Legal Opinion
Merrimon v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 2, 2014No. 13-2128, 13-2168PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In 1974, Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Pub.L. No. 93-106, 88 Stat. 829, codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. One of ERISA’s principal goals is to afford appropriate protection to employees and their beneficiaries with respect to the administration of employee welfare benefit plans. See Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., 446 U.S. 359, 361-62, 100 S.Ct. 1723, 64 L.Ed.2d 354 (1980). As is true of virtually any prophylactic statute, interpretive questions lurk at the margins. This class action, which arises out of…
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