Legal Opinion
Primax Recoveries, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Richard Sevilla
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2003No. 02-1229, 02-1435PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This procedurally intricate ERISA case had its origins more than a decade ago, when Richard Sevilla, injured in an auto accident, incurred medical costs that were covered by his employer’s ERISA welfare benefits plan. The plan entitled the employer (actually the employer’s insurer, but we can ignore that detail) to reimbursement should the employee obtain compensation from a third party, which Sevilla did. The insurer of the driver of the other car involved in the accident settled with Sevilla for $22,000. Primax Recoveries (then called Health Cost Controls), to which…
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