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Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action alleging breach of duty to pay dividends, summary judgment for defendant based on the business judgment rule is affirmed where: 1)...

Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action alleging breach of duty to pay dividends, summary judgment for defendant based on the business judgment rule is affirmed where: 1)...

Burke v. Pitney Bowes, Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, summary judgment for defendant is vacated and the case remanded where: 1) under the Supreme Court's recent Metropolitan Life Ins....

Vaughn v. Bay Env't Mgmt., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs who have already received payout from...

Doyle v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-ERISA plan adminstrator is affirmed where: 1) defendant, as administrator of an ERISA-governed long...

Pannebecker v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case challenging denial of disability benefits, a judgment upholding denial of benefits is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in...

Ebner v. Oregon

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over the terms of a 1978 consent decree entered regarding Oregon's Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), summary judgment for the...

Brehm v. 21st Century Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In insuree-plaintiff's claim to recover medical expenses from insurer-defendant after serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident, dismissal of...

Abena v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an ERISA suit seeking continuation of long-term disability payments, summary judgment for defendants on the basis that plaintiff's claim was...

Thabault v. Chait

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a malpractice case accusing an accounting firm of failing to warn an insurer that it was near insolvency, leading to the insurer's ultimate...