all - Opinion Summaries

COMTY. HEALTH PLAN OF OHIO v. MOSSER

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action arising from efforts by plaintiff insurance company to enforce its plan's subrogation provision, the district court's grant of summary...

MCDONALD v. WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA
The district court's conclusion, that defendant's decision to terminate plaintiff's long term disability benefits violated ERISA and its order for...

KOLLING v. AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORP.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for employee benefits neither violated the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), nor breached a...

DIFELICE v. AETNA US HEALTHCARE

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an action alleging defendant's negligence in determining that a tube was "medically unnecessary," is affirmed where the suit is...

IN RE: STERN

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Although a pension plan was properly included within a bankruptcy estate, the pension plan assets were exempt from distribution to debtor's creditors....

KIDNEIGH v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Both a Colorado state law bad faith claim against an employment disability insurance provider, and a spouse's derivative loss of consortium claim, are...

MCELROY v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM HEALTH & WELFARE BENEFITS TRUST PLAN FOR U.S. EMPLOYEES

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a disability benefits case challenging an ERISA plan administrator's interpretation of the plan, the administrator's conclusion, that certain...

MATIAS-CORREA v. PFIZER, INC.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that the termination of an employee's disability benefits violated ERISA, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where, while...

KRIZEK v. CIGNA GROUP INS.

ERISA, Insurance Law
District court erred in finding that plaintiff is not entitled to long term disability benefits under a group long-term disability plan issued by the...

ERVAST v. FLEXIBLE PRODS. CO.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, M&A
In an action involving an undisclosed merger's impact on stock values held by plaintiff, the district court improperly assumed removal jurisdiction...