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Sellers v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of an insurer's denial of a widow's claim for benefits under the accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance...

Gomez-Gonzalez v. Rural Opportunities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer, claiming violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment...

Schwalm v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit against an insurer's decision to terminate plaintiff's long-term disability benefits for complications...

Shook v. Avaya Inc.

ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a husband and wife's suit against husband's former employer alleging a violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), claiming...

Muniz v. Amec Const. Mgmt., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging defendant insurance company's termination of plaintiff's disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Comm. Coll. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Construction, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging a public project labor agreement as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Employee Retirement Income...

Matschiner v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, ERISA
In an action to recover a death benefit paid to an individual defendant by defendant-insurer, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where...

Tasker v. DHL Ret. Sav Plan

ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit claiming that defendants violated the anti-cutback rule when they eliminated his unexercised option to transfer funds from...

Quan v. Computer Sci. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action pursuant to ERISA by participants in an employer's 401(k) plan against named and de facto fiduciaries of the plan, claiming...

Brown v. Owens Corning Inv. Review Comm.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In former Owens Corning (OC) employees' class action lawsuit against the fiduciaries of their retirement plans pursuant to the Employee Retirement...