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WALLACE v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Termination of a plan participant's disability insurance benefits based on a finding that he was no longer disabled did not violate ERISA, and an...

BD. OF TRUSTEES OF THE SHEET METAL WORKERS' NAT'L PENSION FUND v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The elimination of a "cost-of living" adjustment (COLA), for certain employees, from an ERISA plan did not violate the "anti-cutback" rule of 26...

HALL v. LIFE INS. CO. OF N. AM.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A reduction of monthly disability benefits, by an amount received through coverage under a group certificate, was proper where the employee obtained...

BRIGHAM v. SUN LIFE OF CANADA

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision to terminate long-term disability benefits was not arbitrary and capricious under ERISA, as insurer did not lack a reasonable basis for its...

WATTS v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The failure to exhaust administrative remedies that an ERISA plan provides, for challenging denial of a benefits claim, should not apply where that...

DARLAND v. FORTIS BENFITS INS. CO.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "treating physician" rule should apply in ERISA cases, and the district court should have deferred to the opinions of a long-term disability...

SAKS v. FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A self-insured health benefits plan's exclusion of surgical impregnation procedures did not fall within the purview of the Pregnancy Discrimination...

NESTER v. ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORP.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Subject plan documents did not entitle former employees to claimed unpaid transition contributions, thus plaintiffs had not proved claims under ERISA...

MARQUETTE GEN. HOSP. v. GOODMAN FOREST INDUS.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An ERISA plan administrator's determination, that claims for benefits by an employee performing supplemental work arose out of an "occupation or...

HACKETT v. XEROX CORP. LONG-TERM DISABILITY INCOME PLAN

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A plan administrator's termination of long-term disability benefits was arbitrary and capricious and in violation of ERISA, and the case is remanded...