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Gabriel v. Alaska Electrical Pension Fund

Remedies, Contracts, ERISA
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-pension fund and other defendants on plaintiff's claims that defendant-fund abused its discretion in denying...

Coulter v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissals of related cases alleging various violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), including defendant's...

Garcia v. PacifiCare of California, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-health insurer in an action under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, is affirmed, defendant's...

Alcantara v. Bakery and Confectionery Union and Indus. Int’l Pension Fund

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The anti‐cutback rule in section 204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which prohibits plan amendments that reduce or...

Gonzalez-Rios v. Hewlett Packard PR Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a former employee's lawsuit seeking disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is affirmed where...

Gordon v. Deloitte and Touche

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant ERISA disability plan is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's claim accrued no later than the date her...

Donachie v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Insurance Law
The district court's orders granting summary judgment to plaintiff on his claim for long term disability benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement...

International Union v. Ray Haluch Gravel Inc.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Following judgment in favor of plaintiff- employee benefit plan in an action to recover unpaid employee-related remittances allegedly due under a...

Riley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in an action filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), alleging that defendant...

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Donegan

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of Vermont finding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) does not preempt a Vermont statute and...