Legal Opinion
Buckley Dement, Inc. v. Travelers Plan Administrators of Illinois, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 8, 1994No. 93-4030PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Buckley Dement, Inc. (“Buckley Dement”) brought a complaint against the Travelers Plan Administrators of Illinois, Inc. (“TPA”), the third-party claims administrator of its employee health care plan. The complaint asserted that TPA failed to process certain claims before the lapse of Buckley Dement’s excess loss insurance policy. The complaint alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and common-law claims for breach of contract, negligence, and breach of common-law fiduciary duty. The district court granted summary judgment to…
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