United States Sixth Circuit

An ERISA-plan fiduciary's action to enforce a plan-reimbursement provision is a legal action, regardless of whether the plan participant or beneficiary recovered from another entity and possesses that recovery in an identifiable fund. Dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2003
• Decided 05/11/2004
• Published 05/11/2004

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  McKEAGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daran P. Kiefer (argued and briefed), Ted M. Traut (briefed), Kreiner & Peters Co, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald Cybulski (argued and briefed), Claudia R. Eklund, Lowe, Eklund, Wakefield & Mulvihill, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.