Legal Opinion
Novak v. Andersen Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1992No. 91-1957PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is a case brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., by the beneficiary of a qualified ERISA plan to recover damages for his former employer’s alleged breach of its fiduciary duty under that plan. The District Court1 granted summary judgment for the defendants, holding that the damages requested by the plaintiff were extra-contractual damages, and that extra-contractual damages are not available under ERISA. We hold that the damages sought by plaintiff in this case are not “equitable relief” within the…
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