United States Eleventh Circuit

Alabama's bad faith law is not saved from preemption by the ERISA saving clause, and a sole shareholder of a corporation can be a "beneficiary" and thus is subject to ERISA preemption, under 29 U.S.C. - 1002(8).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2001
• Published 12/27/2001

Judges

• ANDERSON, Chief Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and MORENO, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Hanrahan,Groom Law Group, CHTD, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Ass'n of Health Plans.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Bell,Wynn M. Shuford, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, Waldemar Jacob Pflepsen, Jr., Jorden, Burt, Boros, Cicchetti, Berenson & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellee., Dennis George Pantazis, Brian M. Clark, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.