Legal Opinion
Richard v. Income Security Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 1986No. 85-920Published
1Opinion of the Court
LABORDE, Judge.
This case presents the question of whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. secs. 1001-1381 (1982), preempts the right of an employee enrolled in a self-insured employee benefit plan to receive notice of the cancellation of his coverage under LSA-R.S. 22:636. The trial court concluded that the Louisiana Insurance Code controls this issue, and granted the plaintiff employee’s motion for summary judgment against his employer, Power Rig Drilling Company, and against Income Security Corporation, Inc. (ISC), administrators of the employee benefit plan.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Everate W. Dedeaux v. Pilot Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Children's Hospital v. Sandra Whitcomb, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Minor Son Darren WhitcombCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Hebert v. Tennessee Life Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Mire v. Power Rig Drilling Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1986