Legal Opinion
Engle v. Wal-Mart Associates Health & Welfare Plan
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided March 31, 1999No. 2:97-cv-00317PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPRINGMANN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Daniel and Bonnie Engle brought a declaratory judgment action against Wal-Mart Associates’ Health and Welfare Plan . (“the Plan”) in Indiana state court to require the Plan to reduce its right of reimbursement from their state court settlement by one-third. The Plan removed the Engles’ action because their claim presented a federal question under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The Plan also filed a counterclaim against the Engles under § 1132(a)(8), seeking to…
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