Legal Opinion
Charters v. John Hancock Life Insurance
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 30, 2008No. Civil Action 07-11371-NMGPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, John P. Charters (“Charters”) alleges violations of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1002 et seq., (“ERISA”) on behalf of the 401(k) plan for which he is a trustee and on behalf of all trustees and administrators of all “employment benefit plans” under ERISA that owned variable annuity contracts from the defendant, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (“Hancock”). Hancock has counterclaimed for indemnity, contribution and breach of fiduciary duty in response to which Charters has filed a motion to…
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