Legal Opinion
Hamberlin v. VIP Insurance Trust
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided August 5, 1977No. Civ. 77-469 Phx. WPCPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
COPPLE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, beneficiaries of a group health and accident policy, have filed suit against defendants for alleged violations of the Federal Employee Retirement Income Act (hereinafter ERISA or the Act), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (1974) et seq. Plaintiffs claim and defendants also urge that the defendant VIP Insurance Trust is an ERISA plan. Plaintiffs assert that this Court therefore has exclusive jurisdiction (preemption), concurrent jurisdiction, or federal question jurisdiction. 1 Defendants move to dismiss even though contending this is a benefit plan…
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