Legal Opinion
Jasper Hogan v. Kraft Foods, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1992No. 92-4154PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Jasper and Barbara Hogan appeal an adverse summary judgment rejecting their state law claims as preempted by ERISA and declaring their ERISA claims time-barred. For the following reasons we affirm.
Background
Jasper Hogan was employed at Anderson Clayton Foods, Inc. from March 1948 to January 1984. On November 1, 1983 the trustees of Anderson’s Hourly Paid Employee Pension Plan purchased five annuity insurance policies from the appellee, Southwestern Life Insurance Company, to fund Hogan’s accrued retirement benefits.
In both February and March of 1985 Hogan requested that…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Martin Hansen, Cross-Appellee v. The Continental Insurance Company and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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