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MONTROSE MED. GROUP PARTICIPATING SAV. PLAN v. BULGER

ERISA
A party under an ERISA plan does not display bad faith for judicial estoppel purposes if the initial claim was never accepted or adopted by a court or...

MILONE V. EXCLUSIVE HEALTHCARE

ERISA
ERISA plan that excluded coverage for breast augmentation or reduction not caused by cancer does not apply to breast surgery that is medically...

HAMILTON v. CARELL

ERISA
Defendant was not an ERISA fiduciary with regard to collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") purchased where he neither exercised discretionary...

EGELHOFF v. EGELHOFF

ERISA
29 USC 1144(a) preempts state statutes which directly conflict with ERISA's requirements that plans be administered in accordance with plan documents,...

ABOUL-FETOUH v. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMM.

ERISA
Where evidence showed that in April plan benficiary was nearly fully recovered and ready to begin work again, ERISA plan administrator did not abuse...

HINEY PRINTING CO v. BRANTNER

ERISA
Where the subrogation and reimbursement provisions under ERISA plan are ambiguous, the make-whole rule prevents their enforcement, but employee...

HAMILTON v. ALLEN BRADLEY CO., INC.

ERISA
Employer's failure to provide employee with information on how to file disability claims with disability insurer is a breach of fiduciary duty under...

TRS. OF THE NAT'L AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER INDUS. PENS. FUND v. FAIRFIELD COUNTY SPRINKLER CO., INC.,

ERISA
Section 302(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 USC 186(a), prohibits a union from collecting pension contributions for a multi-employer...

BOSTON MUT. INS. v. MURPHREE

ERISA, Insurance Law
An employee health plan, governed by the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. SS 1001 et seq., may not coordinate medical...

IN RE: UNISYS CORP.

Civil Procedure, ERISA
Superimposing equitable tolling rules on the ERISA statutory limitations scheme set forth in 29 USC 1113 is inconsistent with congressional intent and...