Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Mary J. Waller, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Mary J. Waller

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• holding that, based on Franchise Tax Board, grant of jurisdiction in section 502(e) is exclusive
• holding that “§ 1132(a)(1)(B) does not provide a federal cause of action for plan administrators”
• explaining that it would be inconsistent with ERISA to allow a plan beneficiary to unjustly profit by failing to enforce a contract provision requiring reimbursement
• recognizing federal common law right to recover funds advanced to plan participant
• stating “[w]e must proceed cautiously in creating additional rights under the rubric of federal common law....”
• characterizing the second element of the equitable remedy of unjust enrichment and quasi-contract as “the defendant should reasonably have expected to pay”

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