Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Burgard
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2002No. 90742 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 90742–Agenda 27–September 2001.
CATHERINE R. BISHOP, Appellant, v. KELLY BURGARD et al. (Administrative Committee, as Adm’r of the Associates Health and Welfare Plan, Appellee).
Opinion filed January 25, 2002.
2Opinion of the Court · HarrisonChief Justice Harrison
The issues presented in this appeal are, simply put, whether the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a petition for adjudication of lien because the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq . (1994)) preempted state court action, and whether the circuit court properly applied the common fund doctrine to reduce the amount…
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