Legal Opinion
Shelby County Health Care Corporation v. Southern Council of Industrial Workers Health and Welfare Trust Fund,defendant-Appellant, Tracy Mason
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2000No. 99-5191PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Shelby County Health Care Corporation (“Shelby”) brought suit in this employee benefit case against Southern Council of Industrial Workers Health and Welfare Trust Fund (the “Fund”) for payment of hospital services rendered to Tracy Mason, a former participant in the Fund. The Fund’s plan administrator, the Board of Trustees, had denied Shelby’s claim for benefits on the basis of untimeliness of the claim. The district court denied the Fund’s motion to dismiss and sua sponte granted summary judgment to Shelby reversing the Board of Trustees’ denial of benefits. We…
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