THOMAS v. MILLER

No. 05-2404.

489 F.3d 293 (2007)

Silvia J. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chancey MILLER and Elmwood Cemetery, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Benjamin Whitfield, Jr., Benjamin Whitfield, Jr. & Associates, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. James F. Hermon, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; and MERRITT and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Silvia Thomas sued Elmwood Cemetery and Chancey Miller, her former employer and supervisor, respectively, for health benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act ("COBRA"). Both parties agreed that Elmwood falls below the statute's application threshold of twenty or more employees, which is codified at 29 U.S.C. § 1161(b). Thomas argued, however, that the doctrine of equitable estoppel should bar the defendants...

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