Van Loo v. Cajun Operating Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1021 (§ 101 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1022 (§ 102 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1133 (§ 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · Varity Corporation v. Howe · Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
Most-quoted passages
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“it is not material that Ms. Van Loo did not ask Church’s about the EIF requirement. The parties cite no case law to demonstrate that misleading information that a fiduciary provides on its own initiative to a plan participant, that is individualized to her coverage and circumstances, should be treated any differently than misleading individualized information that is provided in response to a specific request. Indeed, the court in Krohn noted that the plan participant’s .‘failure to specifically request information from [defendant] about long-term disability benefits did not relieve : , [defendant] of its fiduciary duty to provide complete information... ’ And, as discussed above, the Sixth Circuit has since affirmatively held that fiduciaries have a duty to provide material information to beneficiaries ‘whether or not they ask[ ] for it.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“within a framework of policies, interpretations, rules, practices and procedures made by other persons, [who are] fiduciaries with respect to the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ensur[e] that coverage elections . . . are processed in accord with the terms and conditions of the applicable policy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.