Legal Opinion
Summers v. United States Tobacco Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 28, 1991No. 1-89-3098PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buckley
Ruby Summers, as administrator of the estate of James Summers, deceased (plaintiff), filed a two-count complaint against defendants United States Tobacco Company (U.S. Tobacco) and Aetna Life & Casualty Company (Aetna) alleging that the termination of decedent’s employment and health benefits were in violation of: (1) The Employment Retirement Investment Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq. (1988)); (2) the “bad faith” provision of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 73, par. 767); and (3) various State common-law theories, including breach of contract and…
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