Legal Opinion

Donald A. Lowry v. Bankers Life and Casualty Retirement Plan

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 28, 1989No. 88-1164PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a claim for benefits under qualified pension plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). The case was brought under 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (1982). The district court’s opinion is published at 678 F.Supp. 635 (N.D.Tex.1988).

Appellant Donald Lowry (“Lowry”), seeks additional retirement benefits based on overwrite commissions that he received in 1979 as a general insurance agent for appellee Union Bankers Insurance Company (“Union Bankers”), an affiliate of appel-lee Bankers Life Insurance Company (“Bankers”). Lowry argues that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jack D. Denton v. First National Bank of Waco, TexasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  2. Judith Diane Duff Leach, Etc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  3. Elizabeth R. Tulley v. Ethyl Corporation and the Retirement Income Plan for the Employees of Ethyl CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  4. Lowry v. Bankers Life & Casualty Retirement PlanDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1988

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  2. Kenneth E. Wildbur, Sr. v. Arco Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  3. Celestine Pierre and the Estate of James Nolan Pierre, Jr. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. Robert J. Batchelor v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 861 Pension and Retirement FundCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  5. Donald A. Lowry v. Bankers Life and Casualty Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989

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