Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided August 15, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-K-2033PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KANE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This case presents the issue of the preemptive effect of ERISA on several state claims brought in connection with a stop-loss type employee benefit plan. The suit arises out of Prudential Insurance Co.’s alleged mishandling of the claims of an employee of Sherwood Enterprises. Plaintiff seeks damages as a result of her contention that Prudential violated its contractual and statutory duties of good faith and fair dealing, breached the provisions of the policy of insurance; that it conducted itself in an outrageous manner; violated the provisions of the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Dodd Insurance Services, Inc. And Tom Dodd, Jr. v. Royal Insurance Company of America, an Illinois Corporation F/k/a Royal-Globe Insurance CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Therrien v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1987
- Rasmussen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1987
- Cassidy v. Millers Cas. Ins. Co. of TexasDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1998
- Morales v. Pan American Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
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