Legal Opinion

Richard C. Glass, of the Estate of Execr Maxwell C. Hostetter, Jr., Margaret Hostetter v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 4, 1994No. 93-8775PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Hostetter appeals an order granting summary judgment to defendant, United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (“United”), on state and federal claims arising from the denial of life insurance benefits for which she was the sole beneficiary. The district court held that the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., preempted all claims on both policies, and ruled that no remediable violation of ERISA occurred. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Maxwell C. Hostetter was an employee with Silk…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Donovan v. DillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Karen Miranda v. B & B Cash Grocery Store, Inc., Karen Miranda v. B & B Cash Grocery Store, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. Nachwalter v. ChristieCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  5. Patrick D. Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, a Colorado Corporation Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Corporation, Patrick D. Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, a Colorado Corporation, and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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