Rodriguez v. Tennessee Laborers Health & Welfare Fund

*951OPINION

GWIN, District Judge.

The Tennessee Laborers Health and Welfare Fund (“Fund”), an ERISA plan administrator, appeals from a district court decision that found it had no right to reimbursement from participant Elias Rodriguez after Rodriguez settled a claim against a third-party tortfeasor. The Fund contends that Rodriguez had no coverage under the ERISA plan and that it erred in paying benefits on his behalf. Moreover, the Fund argues that it has a right to reimbursement from the settlement proceeds that Rodriguez received.

With this appeal, we examine whether the district court: (1)…