Legal Opinion
Jones v. Reliastar Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2010No. 09-1719PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Jones received long-term disability benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. The plan is administered by ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (“ReliaStar”) through ING Employee Benefits (“ING”), an internal business division of ReliaStar. Jones sued ReliaStar and ING after ReliaStar began offsetting the disability benefits he received under the Plan by the amount of disability benefits he collected from the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”). The district court 2…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Alane King, as Conservator and Natural Parent of Amber Lynn Schanus v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Sherrie A. Farley v. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Wakkinen v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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