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063531P.pdf 08/31/2007 Admin. Committee v. James A. Shank
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3531
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
[PUBLISHED][Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - ERISA. Plan's claim against the special needs trust
established as part of the settlement in defendant Deborah Shank's
personal injury case was a claim for equitable relief under Section
502(a)(3) of ERISA, and the district court did not err in imposing a
constructive trust on the funds in the special needs trust to reimburse the
plan for Shank's health care expenses.