Legal Opinion
In Re Life Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1988No. 88-2033PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA) petitions for a writ of mandamus regarding an order entered in the District Court for the Western District of Missouri remanding to Missouri state court a vexatious refusal to pay claim brought against LINA by plaintiff Willie L. Lewis. Lewis v. Life Insurance Co., No. 86-0763-CV-W-6 (W.D.Mo. July 18, 1988). LINA contends that the writ should issue because the district court’s remand was based on an erroneous conclusion that Lewis’s claim was not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29…
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