Legal Opinion
Kimmel v. Texas Commerce Bank
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1987No. 86-2449PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed Kirk and Carolyn Kimmel’s ERISA claim as barred by the doctrine of res judicata, and the Kimmels appealed. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
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On September 11, 1984, the Kimmels filed a diversity action in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois against Kirk Kimmel’s employer, Houston Lighting and Power Company, and against Bankers Life and Casualty Company. Their complaint, which was founded on breach of contract, alleged that in January of 1981 doctors at the University of Illinois Medical Center had…
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