· 3/16/2005
James P. Cotton, Jr. v. Massachusetts Mutual Life
Citations
- 402 F.3d 1267
- 35 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1028
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 4330
- 2005 WL 604905
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding insurer’s allocation of premium payments, analysis of policy performance, and communications with participants constituted “ministerial policy-related services” that did not “render [the insurer] a fiduciary”
- stating that “a defaulted defendant is deemed to admit the plaintiff's well-pleaded allegations of fact.”
- stating that “a defaulted defendant is deemed to admit the plaintiff’s well-pleaded allegations of fact.”
- holding insurer’s allocation of premium payments, analysis of policy performance, and communications with participants constituted “ministerial policy-related services” that did not “render [the insurer] a fiduciary”
- stating that a defaulted defendant is deemed to admit the plaintiff’s well-pleaded factual allegations
- recognizing that court had previously made this error
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Judges: Tjoflat, Anderson, Stafford
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