Legal Opinion
Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. McCracken
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 2000No. A084037PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McGUINESS, P. J.
In this opinion, we consider whether the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq.) 1 preempts a common law cause of action by an ERISA fiduciary against an ERISA plan beneficiary for breach of an agreement settling an earlier federal court lawsuit concerning the reimbursement of medical benefits paid by the fiduciary. We conclude that it does not.
I. Facts
Carpenters Health and Welfare Trust Fund for California (CHWT) is an “employee benefit trust fund established pursuant to an agreement and declaration of trust executed by…
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