U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2014

Harrison v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan

Harrison v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 3, 2014 · Per Curiam, Reavley, Smith, Southwick
583 F. App'x 413

Harrison v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

In this ERISA case, a former NFL player, Dwight Harrison, sues to challenge the plan administrator’s denial of certain retirement benefits. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the administrator, holding that the claim was barred by collateral estoppel and that, in the alternative, the administrator did not abuse its discretion,'under ERISA, in denying benefits. The court also denied a request to grant relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) regarding a previous suit by Harrison.

We have reviewed the briefs, the applicable law, and pertinent portions of the record and have heard the helpful arguments of counsel. There is no reversible error, so the judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons convincingly stated by the district court in its impressive twenty-five-page opinion.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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