Legal Opinion
Pipefitters Local 636 Insurance Fund v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2011No. 09-2607PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (“BCBSM”), brings this interlocutory appeal following the district court’s certification of a class action on behalf of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Pipefitters Local 636 Insurance Fund and its Trustees (“Fund”), and the proposed class, in this action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Because this class action is not the superior method of adjudication required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), and prosecuting separate actions does not…
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