Legal Opinion
Richard Fugarino, Jo Marie Fugarino and Marc A. Fugarino v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company and Consolidated Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1992No. 91-3652PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge,
Plaintiffs Richard Fugarino, Jo Marie Fugarino, and Marc A. Fugarino appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint, which asserted various state law causes of action relating to an insurance policy purchased from defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company. The dismissal was under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and based on the ground of preemption pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. On appeal, the principal issues presented are: (1) whether the insurance plan in question is…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Katzenbach v. McClungSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Donovan v. DillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Memorial Hospital System v. Northbrook Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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