RLJCS ENTER. v. PROFESSIONAL BEN. TRUST

No. 06-3408.

487 F.3d 494 (2007)

RLJCS ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PROFESSIONAL BENEFIT TRUST MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN AND TRUST, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Coffman (argued), Coffman Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Douglas S. Robson, Columbus R. Gangemi, Jr. (argued), Cheryl Tama Oblander, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Richard D. Hart, Handler, Thayer & Duggan, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Professional Benefit Trust offers death, health, severance, and other fringe benefits to small corporations, many of them operated by physicians. To fund the death benefits, the Trust takes out insurance on the lives of participant employees. If an employee dies, the Trust pays out the sum agreed with the sponsoring employer, which may be more or less than the death benefit under the insurance policy. Purchasing insurance through a pool that...

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