(Download) "Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Waller" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Waller
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 27, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge. We are presented with several difficult questions regarding the scope of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (""ERISA"") and the power of the federal courts to fill in the interstices of this comprehensive and labyrinthine statute. Specifically, we address whether the Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. (""Provident"") may recover monies advanced to one of its plan participants, Mary J. Waller, after she was injured in an auto accident. In response to Provident's action under ERISA for recovery of the advanced benefits, the district court concluded that Provident was not entitled to reimbursement because it did not comply with one of the provisions of the ERISA-governed plan. On Provident's appeal, we conclude that a failure to repay this advance would unjustly enrich Waller and contradict the intent of both ERISA and the plan. Accordingly, we reverse the order of the district court and enter judgment for Provident.