Cole v. Travelers Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• finding plaintiffs' claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and fraud are preempted by ERISA
• finding plaintiffs’ claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and fraud are preempted by ERISA
• documents signed by patients au thorizing direct payment of “authorized medical benefits” to providers for medical services rendered constituted valid assignment of benefits
• “The state limitations statute most analogous to § 502(a)(1)(B) claims for wrongful denial of benefits is that for contract actions. . . . Connecticut’s six-year statue of limitations for contract actions applies because [Plaintiff] chose to file this action in Connecticut.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).