United States Seventh Circuit

ERISA preempts Illinois state law with respect to determining the rightful beneficiary of group life insurance proceeds from decedent's employee benefits plan, and the named beneficiary has not waived her interest in the proceeds by terms of a divorce agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/22/2003
• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph F. Fackel,Van Hooreweghe, Fackel & Thuline, Donovan S. Robertson (argued), Moline, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard M. Batcher, Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, Moline, IL, for Defendant., Philip E. Koenig (argued), Konecky, Koenig, Jutsunis & Weng, Rock Island, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.