Paul G. Curtis and Mary Curtis v. Nevada Bonding Corporation, Douglass Financial Corporation, and Does I-Xx, Inclusive

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• concluding that the Donovan criteria were not satis- fied, and noting that “our court has not yet determined the minimum requirements for establishing the existence of an ERISA plan”
• reiterating that “a plaintiff’s standing under [] § 1132(a)(1) is a prerequisite to ERISA jurisdiction.”
• noting that ERISA coverage extends to an arrangement sufficiently specific to enable a reasonable person to ascertain the intended benefits, beneficiaries, source of financing, and procedures for receiving benefits
• no colorable claim to vested plan health benefits when plaintiff was diagnosed with the relevant medical condition before he became a participant in the ERISA plan
• no ERISA preemption because plaintiff never became eligible to receive benefits under the plan
• plaintiff \never became eligible to receive benefits under the ERISA plan ... and so does not have a colorable claim that he will prevail in a suit for benefits under ERISA.\ (emphasis in original)

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