United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit brought by an ERISA governed plan under section 502(a)(3) of ERISA, seeking reimbursement for $469,216 it had paid in medical expenses on behalf of defendant, a Wal-Mart employee who was injured in an auto accident, summary judgment for the plan is affirmed where the plan's claim for full-recovery against a special needs trust established as part of a settlement in defendant's personal injury case was a claim for "appropriate equitable relief" as authorized by section 502(a)(3).

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/31/2007
• Published 08/31/2007

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maurice B. Graham, argued, Erica L. Airsman, on the brief, St. Louis, MO, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher R. Hedican, argued, Heidi Guttau-Fox, on the brief, Omaha, NE, for appellee.