Legal Opinion
Harris v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 99-1390, 99-1557PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (“HPHC”), an ERISA plan administrator, appeals from a district court judgment directing it to defray its pro rata share of the legal fees expended by plan members Michael and Wendy Harris (“the Harris-es”) in obtaining an earlier tort action settlement, part of which settlement the Har-rises were contractually obligated to remit to the plan. For their part, the Harrises cross-appeal from district court orders (i) directing them to reimburse the plan for medical benefits previously received, and (ii) dismissing their state-law action…
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