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PETERS v. LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's deposition responses can constitute an "other paper" from which it may be ascertained the case is removable under federal question...

TEAMSTERS & EMPLOYERS WELFARE TRUST OF ILLINOIS v. GORMAN BROS. READY MIX

ERISA
In a multi-employer welfare trust suit filed under ERISA against defendant construction company to recover delinquent contributions, the district...

LAUDER v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Insurance Law
Where insurer had documentation of insured's disability, but for its own internal convenience did not investigate her claim at the time of her...

METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. BIGELOW

ERISA, Family Law
ERISA does not require "literal compliance" with respect to domestic relations orders entered prior to January 1, 1985, and here, the judgment was...

KERKHOF v. MCI WORLDCOM, INC.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Where an employer fails to respond to an employee's request for certain retirement plan documents within 30 days, as required by ERISA, and fails to...

HUGHES v. 3M RETIREE MEDICAL PLAN

ERISA
Where a summary retirement plan description does not contain vesting language and unambiguously reserves to the plan provider the right to change...

COKER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
Despite the fact that an administrative law judge found that insured met the disability insured status requirement of the Social Security Act, plan...

HERNANDEZ v. JOBE CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Where an employer adopted its own occupational injury plan to cover its employees' on-site injuries, a decision not required under Texas law, ERISA's...

HAGWOOD v. NEWTON

Contracts, ERISA, Family Law
Because a Premarital Agreement did not comport with ERISA's formal requirements, under 29 U.S.C. section 1055(a), for waiver of spousal rights in a...

BECKER v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's refusal to rehire former employees based on a desire to avoid increased pension liability is not prohibited activity under section 510...