Legal Opinion
Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc. v. Group Insurance Administration, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2000No. 99-30359PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The principal question of Louisiana law presented by this appeal is whether the life insurance companies which provided life and stop loss insurance for an employees’ health and welfare plan may be held vicariously hable to the employer, the employees’ trust, and the plan’s health care providers, for the third party plan administrator’s wrongful misappropriation of the plan’s funds, because the life insurers became joint venturers or solidary obligors with the plan administrator by virtue of the written contracts and course of dealings between the parties. The district…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Melton v. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Ass'n of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Charles Nagle v. Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish State of Louisiana, Lt. Clifford Montecino, Detective Patricia Laura, Deputy John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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