FRAVER v. NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 85-2076(L), 85-2077.

801 F.2d 675 (1986)

R.E. FRAVER; J. Rives Manning, Jr.; J.C. Faust; Hubert Hampton Martin; William A. Pleasant; C.B. Weatherly, Jr.; Lee Williams; Jimmy McElreath; Mike Steiner; David Marion; James K. Wright; William A. Davenport, Jr.; Max F. Roberts; Ted Bright; Billy Ray Staley; William Samuel Kirby; Herbert M. Speas, Jr.; Robert L. Dobbins; Linda G. Hamrick; Edward L. Lowder; Ron Worthington; David Breeden; Peggy Horney; Harry Horney; Robert J. Womble, Appellees, v. NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. R.E. FRAVER; Hubert Hampton Martin; C.B. Weatherly, Jr.; Lee Williams; William A. Davenport, Jr.; Max F. Roberts; Ted Bright; Herbert M. Speas, Jr.; Robert L. Dobbins; Ron Worthington, Plaintiffs, and J. Rives Manning, Jr.; J.C. Faust; William A. Pleasant; Jimmy McElreath; Mike Steiner; David Marion; James K. Wright; Billy Ray Staley; William Samuel Kirby; Linda G. Hamrick; Edward L. Lowder; David Breeden; Peggy Horney; Harry Horney; Robert J. Womble, Appellants, v. NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory B. Crampton (W. Sidney Aldridge, Merriman, Nicholls, Crampton, Dombalis & Aldridge, P.A., on brief), for appellant/cross-appellee.

Charles R. Holton (David E. Fox, Bryan E. Lessley, Powe, Porter & Alphin, P.A., on brief), for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before RUSSELL, SPROUSE, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company ceased paying certain benefits to appellees, former members of its sales force, when they violated a condition of payment. Appellees filed this action, alleging that the condition was unenforceable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1982 & Supp. II 1984) (ERISA). The central...

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