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SCHOLTENS v. SCHNEIDER

No. 79686.

671 N.E.2d 657 (1996)

173 Ill.2d 375

219 Ill.Dec. 490

Randy SCHOLTENS, Appellee, v. Jeffrey SCHNEIDER et al. (Electrical Insurance Trustees, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Conger, and David R. Shannon, Chicago (Tenney & Bentley, of counsel), for appellant.

Michael J. Kane and Louis B. Garippo of Kane, Obbish, Propes & Garippo, Chicago, and Michael D. Walsh, Palos Hills, for appellee.

James L. Coghlan, John A. Kukankos, Anita M. D'Arcy and Francis E. Stepnowski of Coghlan, Joyce, Kukankos & D'Arcy, Chicago, and William J. Nellis, of Rosemont, for amicus curiae Trustees of the Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund.

Terrence K. Hegarty and Dennis A. Rendleman, Springfield (David C. Nelson, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.

Stewart D. Stoller and Steven E. Garstki, of Stoller & Garstki, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Assn.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Electrical Insurance Trustees (Trustees) appeal from an appellate court judgment that affirmed a circuit court order holding the Trustees liable under the common fund doctrine for attorney fees and costs expended in recouping the Trustees' subrogation lien. The Trustees claim that section 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. § 1144 (1982)) preempts application...

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