Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Southtrust Bank of Alabama
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 13, 1991No. Civ. A. 87-T-1149-NPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs Terry Bowen, Toni DeBardela-ben, and Hazel Hayes brought this action on behalf of themselves and a class of participants in several employee health insurance plans, charging that the plans’ trustee, SouthTrust Bank of Alabama, the plans’ insurer, National Union Life Insurance Company, and other named defendants violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1461, by allowing the plans to become insolvent and thus unable to pay plaintiffs’ medical bills. 1 The parties have proposed a class settlement…
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