Legal Opinion
Griffin v. General Mills, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 15, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:15-CV-0268-ATPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Amy Totenberg, United States District Judge
This is a tale about what can go sadly wrong when a competent individual seeks to pursue a case pro se in a complex area of the law. Dr. Griffin believed she was underpaid by $92.00 for medical services administered to the beneficiary of a General Mills employee benefit plan. That plan is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. ch. 18 (2012), notoriously labyrinthine legislation.
Dr. Griffin thought she had a valid assignment of rights and benefits from her patient. It turns out she did not, because the' plan…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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