Legal Opinion
John T. Gore v. El Paso Energy Corporation Long Term Disability Plan and El Paso Energy Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2007No. 05-6792PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ARTHUR J. TARNOW, District Judge.
Plaintiff, John T. Gore appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in which all claims were dismissed in favor of the employer/ERISA plan administrator El Paso Energy Corporation (“El Paso”) and ERISA plan manager/adjudicator Liberty Life Insurance Company of Boston (“Liberty”).
Gore raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in dismissing Gore’s claim of breach of fiduciary duty against El Paso, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3); and (2) whether the district court erred in disposing of Gore’s claim for civil…
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