Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that claims are not “independent” from an ERISA plan when they concern benefits provided by that plan
• “Because the plan was unambiguous, the Greanys cannot avail themselves of the federal common law claim of equitable estoppel.”
• “Because the plan was unambiguous, the Greanys cannot avail themselves of the federal common law claim of equitable estoppel.”
• “A mistake in referring to an outdated form to determine eligibility does not rise to the level of an interpretation of the plan’s provisions justifying application of the equitable estoppel doctrine.”
• claims for negligence, unfair claims settlement practices, tortious interference with contract, and violations of state conversion statute are integrally connected to the ERISA plan and therefore preempted by ERISA
• \Unless both conditions are met ... a beneficiary has no equitable estoppel claim.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).