DEBOARD v. SUNSHINE MINING AND REFINING CO.

Nos. 97-6226, 97-6249, 98-6020.

208 F.3d 1228 (2000)

R. Charles DEBOARD; Lillian J. Deboard; William T. Wood; Mary E. Wood; Lucille M. Kistler; Knox Van Hoy; Martha Van Hoy, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. SUNSHINE MINING AND REFINING COMPANY; Sunshine Precious Metals Inc.; Woods Research and Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees. R. Charles Deboard; Lillian J. Deboard; William T. Wood; Mary E. Wood; Lucille M. Kistler; Knox Van Hoy; Martha Van Hoy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sunshine Mining and Refining Company; Sunshine Precious Metals Inc.; Woods Research And Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

As Amended on Partial Grant of Rehearing and Denial of Suggestion for Rehearing May 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayla C. Crain, of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Dallas Texas (Michael P. Butler, of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Dallas, Texas; and Bruce C. Jones, of Evans, Keane, Boise, Idaho, with her on the brief), for the appellants.

Kirk D. Fredrickson (Jean A. McDonald with him on the brief), of McDonald & Fredrickson, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the appellees.

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Partial Grant of Rehearing and Denial of Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc May 2, 2000.

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, former employees of a corporate subsidiary of defendant Sunshine Mining & Refining Company, filed this action under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., seeking to enforce promises of life-time insurance benefits made to them by their former employer as inducements...

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