United States Ninth Circuit

Section 1132(a)(1)(B) of ERISA does not permit suits against a third-party insurer to recover benefits when the insurer is not functioning as the plan administrator.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/14/2001
• Decided 12/27/2001
• Published 12/27/2001

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT, RYMER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Wisch, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul E.B. Glad, Sonia Renee Martin, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.