United States Ninth Circuit
Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 08-55234
In an en banc hearing involving an ERISA dispute over who may be properly sued under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(1)(B), prior decisions of the court are overruled because section 1132(a)(1)(B) liability is not limited to only to a benefits plan or the plan administrator, however any entity, other than the plan or the plan administrator, may be sued under the appropriate circumstances.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/22/2011
- Published 06/22/2011
Judges
- CLIFTON
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit