Shearer v. Southwest Service Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “the purchase of a policy or multiple policies covering a class of employees offers substantial evidence that a plan, fund, or program has been established”
• dismissing case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction where plaintiff failed to satisfy burden of demonstrating intent to establish ERISA plan
• reciting “rule that the purchase of insurance alone is insufficient to demonstrate an ERISA plan”
• “[I]f an employer does no more than purchase insurance for its employees and has no further involvement with the collection of premiums, administration of the policy, or submission of claims, the employer has not established an ERISA plan.”
• “[I]f an employer does no more than purchase insurance for its employees and has no further involvement with the collection of premiums, administration of the policy, or submission of claims, the employer has not established an ERISA plan.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).