Legal Opinion
Powell v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1985No. 85-1072PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Eleanor Powell, a former employee of C & P Telephone Company of Virginia (C & P) and a beneficiary under its self-funded employee benefit plan (the Plan), sued that company, its former parent, AT & T, and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (Connecticut General), the Plan’s administrator, for the breach of various fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., in the handling of her claim for disability benefits.1 Although she had received all of the benefits to which she was entitled,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Custer v. Pan American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Vann K. Howard and Kathryn D. Howard v. Parisian, Inc., Etc. Parisian Employees Health Care Plan Hahn Shoe Company Protective Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Stephen D. Kleinhans v. Lisle Savings Profit Sharing TrustCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Powell v. Chesapeake And Potomac Telephone Company Of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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