Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Heller v. Fortis Benefits Insurance
Heller v. Fortis Benefits Ins., 525 U.S. 930 (1998)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1998-10-13
- Topic
- employee-benefits-and-executive-compensation
How later courts describe this case
- holding that unjust enrichment claim was available under ERISA to recover disability benefits wrongfully paid to beneficiary
- affirming summary judgment for administrator when attending physician advised that claimant was “OK for sedentary work”
- “[M]ere allegations of joint action or a conspiracy do not demonstrate that the defendants acted under color of state law and are not sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss.”
Citator
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C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.