· 5/14/2014
Hi-Lex Controls, Inc. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mich.
Citations
- 751 F.3d 740
- 58 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1201
- 2014 WL 1910554
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 8949
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that when a TPA “held plan assets . . . [it] functioned as an ERISA fiduciary”
- rejecting a plan administrator’s “attempts to characterize its arrangement” with the plaintiff as simply “a service agreement between two companies” because parties’ contract referred to their rights and obligations under ERISA
- assigning fiduciary status when BCBS paid claims from plans’ accounts
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Judges: Keith, Siler, Rogers
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