Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 29, 2011No. 10-1673PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the plaintiff-appellant Deborah L. Baldwin as the adoptive moth er of three Trent children requires us to decide Baldwin’s standing to claim the insurance proceeds of policies subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, which were purchased by the children’s biologic mother. The District Court denied relief to Baldwin, holding that she, as the adoptive mother to Trent’s three children, has no standing to receive the insurance proceeds on behalf of the children under ERISA. We hold that Baldwin…
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