Legal Opinion
United Food & Commercial Workers & Employers Arizona Health & Welfare Trust, a Trust Dennis Davison Raymond Florom v. Renee Ann Pacyga
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1986No. 85-2860PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REA, District Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Pacyga was injured in an automobile collision, and claimed medical benefits from the ERISA welfare benefit plan of her employer in Arizona. In order to collect these benefits, Pacyga was required by the United Food and Commercial Workers and Employers Arizona Health and Welfare Trust [hereinafter the Plan] to execute a document promising to reimburse the Plan if she were to collect damages from the third party who was liable for the automobile collision. Pacyga executed the form under protest, and received the medical benefits.
The Plan and two trustees…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Union Labor Life Insurance v. PirenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Santiago Amaro v. The Continental Can CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Lojek v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff v. Linda Ann DigregorioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Bill Gray Enterprises, Incorporated Employee Health And Welfare Plan v. Ronald L. GourleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Baxter v. LynnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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