Legal Opinion
Mdphysicians & Associates, Inc. v. State Board of Insurance, a Body Politic of the State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1992No. 91-1469PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the definition of an “employee welfare benefit plan” found in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. We confess that the parties seemed “bewitched, bothered and bewildered” 1 in attempting to apply the statute to the facts of this case at oral argument— the outset of our journey through ERISA. The statutory map, along with statements of legislative purpose by Congress, the map-maker, enables us to answer the issue presented: Whether the MDPhysicians & Associates, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan constituted an “employee welfare benefit plan”…
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