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JACKSON v. METRO. LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA
Decision to deny long-term benefits was supported by substantial evidence and was not an abuse of discretion, and district court erred in overturning...

TRUSTEES OF THE AFTRA HEALTH FUND v. BIONDI

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An ERISA plan participant's decision to commit fraud in the context of an employee benefit plan does not immunize him or her from tort liability under...

PHILLIPS-FOSTER v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A life insurance plan was part of an employee benefit plan, and the district court did not err in employing ERISA's abuse of discretion standard to...

CAFFEY v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
State-law tort and contract claims, including the tort of bad faith by an insurer, are preempted by ERISA where they seek judicial remedies for a plan...

DUDLEY SUPERMARKET, INC. v. TRANSAMERICA LIFE INS. & ANNUITY CO.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An investment services provider was an ERISA fiduciary, rather than a mere professional service provider with an ancillary relationship to a benefit...

FENSTER v. TEPFER & SPITZ, LTD.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Under ERISA, a "Participant Loan Program" and a consulting firm co-owner's loan taken out under that program, were improper under both a Summary Plan...

FRITCHER v. HEALTH CARE SERV. CORP.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
An ERISA plan administrator's decision to deny benefits should be reviewed de novo, and its decision to confine benefits to a two-hour time period was...

WAELTZ v. DELTA PILOTS RETIREMENT PLAN

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An ERISA fund "may be found" in a judicial district under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(e)(2), if it has the sort of minimum contacts with that district that...

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

Administrative Law, ERISA, Insurance Law
The court properly considered evidence of surgeries occurring after filing of an ERISA suit, though such evidence was outside of the administrative...

HARRIS TRUST & SAV. BANK v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant's refusal to permit an employer to roll over free funds under a formula different from that called for in a group annuity contract, and...