Legal Opinion
Ehlmann v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2000No. 98-11020PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In April 1997, the plaintiff ERISA plan members 1 , (hereinafter “Ehlmann”) sued the defendant HMOs (hereinafter “Kaiser”) under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq., alleging that Kaiser breached its statutory fiduciary duties to act solely in the interests of, and for the benefit of, Ehlmann. Ehlmann asserts that as an ERISA fiduciary, Kaiser owes duties of loyalty that requires it not to mislead and to fully disclose material information. In particular, Ehlmann claims that Kaiser had…
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