Elizabeth Pauline Merritt v. Confederation Life Ins. Co., Etc., & Volvo North Am. Corp., 881 F.2d 1034 (11th Cir. 1989).
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Elizabeth Pauline Merritt v. Confederation Life Ins. Co., Etc., & Volvo North Am. Corp., 881 F.2d 1034 (11th Cir. 1989). Book View Copy Cite
Elizabeth Pauline MERRITT, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CONFEDERATION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Etc., and Volvo North American Corporation, Defendants-Appellees
89-7122.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Aug 24, 1989.
881 F.2d 1034
W. Scears Barnes, Jr., Barnes & Radney, P.C., Alexander City, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant., Roger L. Bates, Tingle, Sexton, Murvin & Bates, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., Hans A. von Spakovsky, Ross D. Friend, Legal Dept., Confederation Life Ins. Co., Atlanta, Ga., J. Allen Sydnor, Jr., Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.
Tjoflat, Hill, Johnson.
Cited by 9 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM:

On appeal, appellant argues that the district court erred in granting appellees’ motion for summary judgment. We disagree. Binding case law in this circuit holds that a plaintiff must exhaust administrative remedies before suing under an ERISA plan policy. Mason v. Continental Group, Inc., 763 F.2d 1219 (11th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1087, 106 S.Ct. 863, 88 L.Ed.2d 902 (1986). It is undisputed that appellant failed to pursue the appeal procedures outlined in her employee benefits plan. Therefore, the district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the appellees due to appellant’s failure to exhaust her administrative remedies.

AFFIRMED.