John L. Hill, Francine Barnes, Franchot Barnes, Francesca Barnes, and Glory Celestine v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan

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• finding that “only injunctive relief of the type available under § 1132(a)(3)” would remedy violations that were alleged on a plan-wide basis
• “accept[ing] as true the complaint’s allegations,” the Court “draw[s] all reasonable inferences from them in favor of [the plaintiff]”
• affirming dismissal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion where certain plaintiffs had “not sufficiently alleged that they exhausted the administrative remedies available to them.”
• allowing both § 502(a)(1) and § 502(a)(3) claim where the plaintiffs alleged two separate injuries, one relating to individual denial-of-benefits and the other to plan-wide claims-handling procedures
• allowing both § 502(a)(1) and § 502(a)(3) claim where the plaintiffs alleged two separate injuries, one relating to individual denial-of- benefits and the other to plan-wide claims-handling procedures
• “Plaintiffs have not alleged ... that if they utilized the administrative-review procedures ... [the company] would not conduct further review of their individual claims.”

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