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Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Russell

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Russell, 473 U.S. 134 (1985)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1985

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

ERISA s 409(a) and s 502(a)(2) authorise recovery only on behalf of the plan itself and do not provide a beneficiary with extracontractual or punitive damages for delayed processing of benefit claims.

Area of Law

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