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· 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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