Legal Opinion
Selmon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 21, 2008No. 06-1340PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.
The instant appeal involves issues arising out of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 through 1461 (1999 & Supp. 2007). The appeal was originally filed in the Arkansas Court of Appeals. However, because Arkansas state courts rarely hear cases involving ERISA and because this case involves an area of the law in need of clarification, we assumed the instant case from the court of appeals pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule l-2(b)(5) (2007).
Appellant Larry D. Selmon was employed by Great Lakes Chemical Company for over…
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