Robert Devoll and Patricia M. Devoll v. Burdick Painting, Inc. And Bay Area Painters and Tapers Health Fund

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• holding that an employee could not assert estoppel against an employer who had orally promised to provide health benefits comparable to those provided before employer became a nonunion employer
• holding that an employee could not assert estoppel against an employer who had orally promised to provide health benefits comparable to those provided before employer became a nonunion employer
• denying appellee’s request for attorney fees under ERISA because “[a]ppellants’ claims were neither frivolous nor made in bad faith, and were supported by existing out-of-circuit law or good faith arguments to extend, modify, or reverse the law of this' Circuit”
• “‘The Ninth Circuit has held that ERISA preempts common law theories of breach of contract implied in fact, promissory estoppel, estoppel by conduct, fraud and deceit, and breach of contract.’ ” (citation omitted)

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