United States Fourth Circuit

Attorney negligence does not justify equitable tolling sufficient to excuse the lack of compliance with a ERISA-governed employee welfare benefit plan.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2005
• Published 03/09/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and Norman K. MOON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Robert Edward Hoskins, Foster Law Firm, L.L.P., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Patrick Connors DiCarlo, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:D. Michael Kelly, Suggs & Kelly, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Peter M. Varney, Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia;  David W. Overstreet, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, L.L.P., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.