Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Bollinger, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant, Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (“Central States”), an employee welfare benefit plan, paid medical expenses on behalf of individuals pursuant to agreements subject to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Central States claimed that ap-pellee insurance companies were primarily responsible for paying certain expenses it had paid and it sued the appellees and their policy administrator to recover these expenditures in the amount of $194,212.25. The District Court…