SAWYER v. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN

No. 4:04-CV-78-H2.

417 F.Supp.2d 730 (2006)

D'Anna Russo SAWYER, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Douglas Gray Sawyer, Plaintiff, v. POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN (POTASHCORP) a/k/a and d/b/a PCS Administration (USA), Inc. as Policy Holder, Plan Sponsor, and Participating Employer; PCS U.S. Flexible Benefits Plan, PCS Administration (USA), Inc., Employee Benefits Committee as Plan Administrator; John Does I through V; PCS Phosphate Company, Inc., Plan Sponsors and Plan Administrators of Health and Welfare Plans; American International Group, Inc. (AIG) as Plan Insurers; AIG Life Insurance Company (AIG Life) as Plan Insurers; AIG Claim Services, Inc. as Plan Insurers and Administrators, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Eastern Division.

March 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Van Lanier Gray, Gray, Newell, Johnson & Blackmon, LLP, Paul D. Coates, Pinto, Coates, Kyre & Brown, Greensboro, NC, for D'Anna Russo Sawyer Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Douglas Gray Sawyer, Plaintiff.

Jeremy R. Sayre, Ward and Smith, PA, Raleigh, NC, Samuel McKinley Gray, III, Ward and Smith, New Bern, NC, Ann S. Estridge, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, Edward C. LeCarpentier, III, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, Raleigh, NC, for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan a/k/a and d/b/a PCS Administration (USA), Inc. as Policy Holder, Plan Sponsor, Participating Employer, PCS U.S. Flexible Benefits Plan, PCS Administration (USA), Inc., Employee Benefits as Plan Administrator, John Does PCS Phosphate Company, Inc. Plan Sponsors and Plan Administrators of Health and Welfare Plans, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) as Plan Insurers, AIG Life Insurance Company (AIGLife) as Plan Insurers, AIG Claim Services, Inc. as Plan Insurers and Administrators, Defendants.


ORDER

MALCOLM J. HOWARD, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment [DE # 38, 43, 45], plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal and remand to the administrator [DE # 40], and numerous other motions.1 Appropriate responses and replies have been submitted, and the time for further filings has expired. This matter is ripe for adjudication.

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