Legal Opinion

Couri v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided December 3, 1996No. 95 C 6790Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Phillip E. Couri has filed a one-count amended complaint challenging defendant Guardian Life Insurance Company of America’s denial of dental benefits for plaintiffs dependant son under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 ' U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, expenses, and attorney’s fees. Defendant has filed the instant motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s motion is denied.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Leilani Exbom v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  3. John Pokratz, Cross-Appellee v. Jones Dairy Farm, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Joe Rodger Newell, Jr., Individually and as Natural Parent and Guardian of Minor Joe Rodger Newell, Iii. v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  5. Leland R. Chalmers v. Quaker Oats Company, Quaker Officers' Severance Program, Douglas RalstonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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