Legal Opinion
Regents of the University of Michigan v. Employees of Agency Rent-A-Car Hospital Association and Agency Rent-A-Car Employees Health Care Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1997No. 96-1329PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
This action involves the interpretation of a coordination of benefits clause (“COB”) contained in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) health care plan. Defendants, Agency Rent-A-Car Employees Health Care Plan and Employees of Agency Rent-A-Car Hospital Association (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Agency” or defendants) assert that the COB clause in the Agency Plan permits the Plan to refuse to pay valid health care claims in light of the insolvency of the primary ERISA plan. The district court granted plaintiffs motion for summary…
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