FUNK MFG. CO. v. FRANKLIN

No. 75,088.

261 Kan. 91 (1996)

927 P.2d 944

FUNK MANUFACTURING COMPANY and JOHN DEERE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES, Appellees, v. PATRICIA ANN FRANKLIN and JAMES M. FRANKLIN, as Guardian and Conservator of PATRICIA ANN FRANKLIN, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Chubb, of Scovel, Emert, Heasty & Chubb, of Independence, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellants.

Douglas G. Ott, of Hall, Levy, DeVore, Bell & Ott, of Coffeyville, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LOCKETT, J.:

The guardian of a participant in a self-funded employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1994), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment which required the guardian to reimburse the employee benefit plan for medical expenses paid on behalf of the participant from proceeds collected by the guardian in a settlement...

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