Legal Opinion
Ethelene Springer v. Wal-Mart Associates' Group Health Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1990No. 89-7456PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Wal-Mart Associates’ Group Health Plan (“Wal-Mart”) appeals from the district court’s judgment awarding $20,181.79 in medical benefits to plaintiff Ethelene Springer under Wal-Mart’s ERISA-governed employee health benefit plan (“the Plan”). See Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1461 (West 1985 & Supp.1990).
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The relevant facts are undisputed. Springer has been an employee of Wal-Mart Stores since April 20, 1987. Springer, her husband Larry, and her young daughter Shalana are “participants” in…
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