Legal Opinion

Bonnie L. Geissal v. Moore Medical Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 31, 2003No. 02-2255, 02-2256PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

After Moore Medical Corporation (“Moore”) terminated employee James Geissal in 1993, he elected to purchase continuation health insurance coverage through Moore’s Group Benefit Plan (the “Moore Plan”). Some months later, the Moore Plan canceled this coverage when it determined that Geissal was not entitled to continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1161-1169, which amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. Geissal sued Moore, the Moore Plan, and its…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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3Cited by4 opinions

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