Legal Opinion
Devlin v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 6, 2001No. Docket No. 00-9469PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
In 1998, defendant-appellee Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (“Empire”) significantly lowered the amount of life insurance provided to retirees.1 Plaintiffs-appellants are former employees of Empire who retired between 1989 and 1993. Plaintiffs seek to enforce the terms of the life insurance plan provided by Empire to its retirees, as those terms existed during *79their employment with Empire. In addition to their claim for injunctive and declaratory relief under §§ 502(a)(1) & (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1132(a)(1) &…
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