Legal Opinion
Chicago District Council of Carpenters Welfare Fund v. Caremark, Incorporated and Caremark Rx, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 19, 2007No. 05-3476PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
The Chicago District Council of Carpenters Welfare Fund (“Carpenters”) sued Caremark, Inc. and its parent company Caremark Rx, Inc. (collectively “Care-mark”) for breach of fiduciary duties under 29 U.S.C. § 1106(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). 1 The district court deter mined that Caremark was not an ERISA fiduciary and therefore granted Care-mark’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.
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We take the facts as presented in the Complaint. Carpenters provides healthcare benefits to the members of a labor union. One of the benefits provided is…
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- Perkins v. SilversteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Pharmaceutical Care Management Ass'n v. RoweCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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