Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Burgard
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2002No. 90742PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Harrison
The issues presented in this appeal are, simply put, whether the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a petition for adjudication of lien because the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1994)) preempted state court action, and whether the circuit court properly applied the common fund doctrine to reduce the amount the administrator of plaintiffs benefit plan received from plaintiffs settlement fund as reimbursement for medical benefits paid on plaintiffs behalf.
In this case, the circuit court of Tazewell County ruled that ERISA…
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