United States Tenth Circuit

In a suit involving theft from an ERISA plan, the district court erred in dismissing plaintiff-ERISA plan administrator's claims against defendant-accountants based on their status as ERISA fiduciaries.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2005
• Published 05/20/2005

Judges

• KELLY, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Judge, KELLY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary R. Guelker (and Peter Stirba, on the briefs), Stirba & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sean D. Reyes (and Spencer A. Austin, on the brief), Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees, Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Sunset Financial Services, Inc., Keith A. Call (and R. Brent Stephens, with him on the brief), Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees, Ted Madsen and Flexible Benefit Administrators, Inc.