Legal Opinion
Bollman Hat Company v. Kevin T. Root Dale E. Anstine, P.C. Bollman Hat Company, as Sponsor of the Bollman Hat Company Health and Welfare Benefits Plan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 15, 1997No. 96-1191PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves an ERISA plan’s subrogation rights, specifically whether a plan must contribute to the legal expenses of a plan participant’s recovery against a third party. We addressed this issue in Ryan by Capria-Ryan v. Fed. Express Corp., 78 F.3d 123 (3d Cir.1996), decided after the district court here rendered judgment. In this appeal we are asked to distinguish Ryan or in the alternative to reconsider our holding in Ryan.
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Bollman Hat Company sponsors a self-insured, ERISA regulated employee benefit plan. After a Bollman employee, Kevin…
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