Legal Opinion
Security Life Insurance Co. of America v. Meyling
District Court, E.D. California
Decided February 25, 1997No. CIV. S-95-1463 WBS/GGHPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SHUBB, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-insurer Security Life Insurance Company of America (“Security”) seeks to rescind its insurance contract with defendant-insured Garry Meyling. Meyling’s Amended Counterclaim contains claims for recovery of benefits and violation of claims procedures under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Both parties now move for summary judgment. Meyling also moves to dismiss, arguing that Security’s rescission claim is preempted by ERISA.
The court must now determine whether the provisions of the California…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Janet B. Davies Donald Davies v. Centennial Life Insurance Company, and Dun & Bradstreet Plan Services, Inc., Jerome J. Siegel, D.D.S., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Jones v. United States Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998