Longaberger Co. v. Kolt

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Jeffrey A. Kolt appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment and its grant of summary judgment for plaintiff The Longaberger Company (“Longaberger”), an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) governed, self-funded employee welfare benefit plan, which sought to enforce the terms of the Plan’s reimbursement provisions against attorney Kolt and his client Samuel Billiter. 1 Kolt argues that Longaberger’s claims for monetary relief were barred by ERISA and principles of judicial estoppel, and were premised on an invalid…