Legal Opinion

Lee v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

District Court, N.D. California

Decided November 17, 1987No. C-87-1038 SAWPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEIGEL, District Judge.

Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend his complaint generate the issues now considered by the Court.

Plaintiff Kwan Lee alleges that in 1983 defendants Prudential Insurance Company (“Prudential”) and Mary K. Bodniowycz, a Prudential employee, withheld benefits due under a health plan organized by Prudential for Kwan Lee’s employer, the Bank of Montreal. The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) regulates the plan. See 29 U.S. C.'§ 1002(1) et seq.

Kwan Lee originally brought this…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Marita L. Curcio the Estate of Frederick Curcio, III v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Capital Health Systems John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company ("John Hancock"), in No. 93-7545, Marita L. Curcio the Estate of Frederick Curcio, III v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Capital Health Systems Marita L. Curcio, Individually and as of the Estate of Frederick Curcio, Iii, in No. 93-7556Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  2. In Re Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  3. Ludwig v. NYNEX Service Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
  4. Vogel v. Independence Federal Savings BankDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1990
  5. Paris v. F. Korbel & Bros., Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1990

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