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193044P.pdf 02/01/2021 Central Valley Ag Cooperative v. Daniel Leonard
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3044
and No: 20-1378
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Benton, and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - ERISA. With respect to the health care plan in effect in
2015, the service providers plaintiff sued did not have discretion over
their compensation and were not fiduciaries for ERISA purposes because
plaintiff made the final decisions regarding payment; with respect to the
2016 health care plan, only one of the sued service providers was a
fiduciary; with respect to whether that service provider breached its
fiduciary duties, none of the plaintiff's allegations pertain to that
provider's exercise of its fiduciary duties, and plaintiff's fiduciary
duty claim fails; the district court did not abuse its discretion in
awarding defendants attorney fees.