Legal Opinion
Wachtel v. Guardian Life Insurance
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 5, 2004No. Civ. Docket Nos. 01-4183, CIV. 03-1801PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOCHBERG, District Judge.
Introduction:
This Matter is brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et. seq. and calls upon the Court to determine: 1) whether to grant Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust;1 and 2) whether to grant class certification in each of the above-captioned cases. “ERISA was enacted to ‘promote the interests of employees and their beneficiaries in employee benefit plans’ and ‘to protect contractually defined benefits.’ ” Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101,109,109 S.Ct. 948, 956,103…
2Cases cited69 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Health Net, Inc. v. Rli InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
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- Franco v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2013
- In Re Adoption of Njac 11: 3-29New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2009