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ALLIED PILOTS ASS'N v. PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Federal law authorized the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (created under ERISA) to enter into settlement agreements, thus termination of an...

SINGH v. PRUDENTIAL HEALTH CARE PLAN

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
Although ERISA completely preempts plaintiff's state-law claims for reimbursement of monies paid to defendant pursuant to a subrogation term in its...

BURSTEIN v. RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF ALLEGHENY HEALTH EDUC. AND RESEARCH FOUND.

ERISA
When a summary plan description under ERISA conflicts with the complete, detailed ERISA plan document, a plan participant may nevertheless state a...

SEMAN v. FMC CORP. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An agreement for age and disability discrimination charges did not release plaintiff's ability to claim disability retirement benefits. When a plan...

SHIPLEY v. ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD

ERISA, Insurance Law
Misrepresentation as to a material matter in an application for an ERISA-governed insurance policy is a sufficient ground to rescind the policy, and...

MILLER v. RITE AID CORP.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Where an employee voluntarily left employment before the vesting of his benefits, he is not a "participant" in the plan, and therefore has no standing...

CAVEGN v. TWIN CITY PIPE

ERISA, Health Law
District court did not err in granting the pension plan trustee's motion for summary judgment based on its conclusions that the trustees properly...

HORVATH v. KEYSTONE HEALTH PLAN E., INC.

ERISA, Health Law
Neither precedent nor the canons of statutory construction mandate that ERISA imposes a duty upon HMOs to automatically further disclose, to plan...

TRUSTEES OF THE CONSTR. INDUS. & LABORERS HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST v. DESERT VALLEY LANDSCAPE & MAINT., INC.

Civil Procedure, ERISA
Pendent party jurisdiction was constitutional where state claims were part of an ERISA case or controversy, and the district court's declining...

ITPE PENSION FUND v. HALL

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA
In determining whether corporate officers may have imputed fiduciary duties and held personally liable for unpaid contributions when the governing...