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MARY HELEN COAL CORP v. HUDSON

Constitutional Law, ERISA
Fifth Amendment compensation for Coal Act premiums assessed against companies such as plaintiff must include prejudgment interest, and neither the...

MCGARRAH v. HARTFORD LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Government Benefits
Videotape of plaintiff working and medical records documenting back condition improvement constituted substantial evidence that he was no longer...

TRUSTEES OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA-PRODUCER PENSION BENEFITS PLANS v. TISE

ERISA, Family Law
An alternate payee who obtains a state judgment against an ERISA plan before the plan participant's benefits become payable due to retirement or death...

MEDICAL MUTUAL OF OHIO v. DESOTO

ERISA, Health Law
California law governed employee ERISA plan, where policy holder was a California resident, the insurance certificate was signed there, and the...

MORIARITY v. SVEC

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judicial estoppel requires use of the single employer doctrine to determine if defendant was principal business owner against whom pension fund...

PENSION BENEFIT GUAR. CORP. v. BELFANCE

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA
"Prudent investor rate" is an appropriate valuation tool for a claim involving unfunded pension benefit liabilities in the bankruptcy context. Claim...

CHAPPEL v. LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

ERISA
Cost-sharing provision in ERISA arbitration clause is valid because overall standard of review is consistent with ERISA.

IN RE: MICHAEL DUANE WILCOX

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA
The anti-assignment provision of a contribution retirement plan, when incorporated in a city charter, is "enforceable under applicable nonbankruptcy...

CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND v. CREATIVE DEVEL. CO.

Contracts, ERISA
To recover for withdrawal liability, an ERISA multiemployer pension plan need not prove that one "partner," who owns a "controlling interest" and...

PIRKHEIM v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
General ERISA principles do not permit a court to re-write the terms of an insurance contract. Where the insuring clause or exclusionary provision is...