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WORTHY v. NEW ORLEANS S.S. ASS'N/INT'L LONGSHOREMEN'S ASS'N AFL-CIO

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Nothing in an ERISA employee benefits trust document guaranteed a union a place on the Trustees Board, and defendant did not breach its ERISA...

ARANA v. OCHSNER HEALTH PLAN

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
A claim seeking a declaration of entitlement to the retention of tort settlement proceeds, free of a plan's claim for reimbursement of health care...

PEDCOR MGMT. CO., INC. v. NATIONS PERSONNEL OF TEXAS, INC.

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA
Arbitrators, not courts, should decide whether class arbitration is available or forbidden, thus a class certification order for arbitration of ERISA...

BERGER v. XEROX CORP. RETIREMENT INCOME GUARANTEE PLAN

Class Actions, ERISA
An ERISA "cash balance" pension plan's method of computing plaintiffs' lump-sum entitlements violates ERISA, but only certain members of the class are...

ELLIOT v. FORTIS BENEFITS INS. CO.

Consumer Protection Law, ERISA
Plaintiff's state law claims seeking non-ERISA compensatory and punitive damages under Montana's Unfair Trade Practices Act, fell within ERISA section...

SONOCO PRODS. CO. v. PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law
In a contractual dispute arising over employee health programs, which was removed to federal court, the denial of plaintiff's motion to remand to...

GEISSAL v. MOORE MED. CORP.

ERISA
District court erred in determining an estate was entitled to no monetary relief under ERISA section 1132(a)(1)(B) under one of the plans in question,...

US v. TAYLOR

ERISA, Family Law, Tax Law
Appellant obtained a valid judgment from a Texas divorce court for 90 percent of her ex-husband's ERISA plan proceeds, which created an exclusive...

LAND v. CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF FLORIDA

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
Plaintiff's state law medical malpractice claims against his employment-subscribed health maintenance organization, based upon a mixed decision of...

ADMIN. COMM. OF THE WAL-MART STORES, INC. ASSOCS. HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN v. VARCO

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A health and benefit plan's claim, seeking reimbursement for medical expenses paid in connection with an employee's car accident, is equitable under...