United States Fifth Circuit

A company meets its notification duty under COBRA, 29 U.S.C. Sections 1161-1168, by sending a letter to an individual-s last known address by "certified mail," even when the company knows that the individual did not actually receive the letter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2002
• Published 01/28/2002

Judges

• RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:, Before JOLLY and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and MILLS , District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Rene Williams (argued), Lazarus, Brown & Williams, Houma, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keith M. Pyburn, Jr. (argued), Stacey C. Cerrone, McCalla, Thompson, Pyburn, Hymowitz & Shapiro, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.