RANDOL v. MID-WEST NAT. LIFE INS. CO. OF TENNESSEE

No. 91-7884.

987 F.2d 1547 (1993)

Linda RANDOL and Bruce Randol, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MID-WEST NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew T. Citrin, David G. Wirtes, Jr., Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, AL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Davis Carr, James W. Lampkin, II, Pierce, Carr & Alford, Mobile, AL, for defendant-appellee.

Shelby J. Hoover, Erwin N. Griswold, Patricia A. Dunn, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Council of Life Ins.

Before ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The question presented in this appeal is whether a health insurance policy obtained by appellant Bruce Randol with the assistance of his employer qualifies as an "employee welfare benefit plan" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1002(1). We hold that it does.

Plaintiffs-appellants Linda and Bruce Randol sued their insurance carrier, Mid-West National Life Insurance Co. of Tennessee...

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