Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Talbot

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an action by an ERISA fiduciary to enforce a plan reimbursement provision was an action at law, even though the plan participant possessed an identifiable fund in an escrow account
• declining to construe fiduciary's claim for money damages held in escrow account as a claim for equitable relief under ERISA
• declining to construe fiduciary's claim for money damages held in escrow account as a claim for equitable relief under ERISA
• exercising subject-matter jurisdiction over an action under section 1132(a)(3) seeking only legal relief, even though the Supreme Court in Knudson had previously held that legal relief was unavailable
• \Westaff is seeking to enforce a contractual obligation for the payment of money....\
• “when an ERISA plan administrator brings a suit seeking non-equitable relief, dismissal is properly on the merits for failure to state a claim, rather than for lack of subject matter jurisdiction”

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