Barbara J. Tregoning Joe W. Hutchins Joann Hartlerode and Ripley Lance Peterson v. American Community Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs failed to receive health benefits under their employer’s ERISA plan because the employer stopped paying into the benefits fund. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant, American Community Mutual Insurance Company (“American”), on plaintiffs’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) claims under 29 U.S.C. § 1109(a) and § 1132(a)(3)(B). 815 F.Supp. 1054.
We hold that the plaintiffs have failed to plead a legally cognizable claim under 29 U.S.C. § 1109(a) and have failed to carry their burden of proof on their claim under 29 U.S.C.…
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