United States Eleventh Circuit

Certification of plaintiff class was an abuse of discretion where: 1) in order for plaintiffs to prevail on their ERISA claims each plaintiff must prove reliance on health plan's summary plan descriptions thereby making relief inappropriate for the class as a whole; and 2) the district court failed to address separately the plaintiffs' breach of fiduciary claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/29/2006

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and FORRESTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ed R. Haden, Gregory C. Cook, Leigh Anne Hodge, Cavender Crosby Kimble, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Christopher S. Anulewicz, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant., Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP Foundation Lit., Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• M. Stephen Dampier, Law Office of M. Stephen Dampier, P.C., Fairhope, AL, Ellen Mary Doyle, Joel R. Hurt, Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Joseph Michael Druhan, Jr., Johnston, Druhan, LLP, Mobile, AL, for Appellee.