McKINNON v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA

No. 90-7181.

935 F.2d 1187 (1991)

Belinda Kay McKINNON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, J. Scott Greene, Gordon, Silverman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lawrence B. Clark, Timothy A. Palmer, Peyton Lacy, Jr., Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Chris Mitchell, Carol Sue Nelson, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and PECKHAM, Senior District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this wrongful termination lawsuit brought under Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., anti-retaliation provision, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment for the employer.

FACTS

Prior to his death, Carl Hastings was a participant in an employee welfare benefit plan maintained by U.S. Steel which provided medical coverage...

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