Legal Opinion
American Federation of Unions Local 102 Health & Welfare Fund v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1988No. 87-3199PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
A union, its health and welfare fund, and two plan participants sued an insurance company and its agent for violations of fiduciary duties imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The district court held the agent liable to the fund for health benefit payments made to ineligible persons but not liable for commissions he earned as administrator of the fund, 647 F.Supp. 947. The agent was also held liable to the insurance company for commissions earned on the conversion from term to whole life insurance policies. Because we…
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