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Jobe v. Med. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant's denial of plaintiff's claim for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is reversed...

Schexnayder v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant-insurer wrongly denied plaintiff disability benefits, summary judgment on the merits for plaintiff is...

Darvel v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an ERISA action regarding defendant-insurer's denial of long-term disability benefits to plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Jones v. Unum Provident Corp.

ERISA, Health Law
In an action under ERISA for wrongful denial of benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) defendant thoroughly investigated...

Overby v. Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking a declaration that a purported amendment to a trust plan, which would have rendered plaintiff ineligible to receive benefits...

Carpenters Dist. Council v. JNL Const. Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action on behalf of certain pension funds against a construction company claiming that defendants failed to contribute union employees'...

Green v. UPS Health & Welfare Package for Retired Employees

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit brought by former employees of UPS claiming that defendants raised the amount of health insurance contributions required of...

Battoni v. IBEW Local Union No. 102 Employee Pension Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' ERISA action challenging an amendment to their welfare plan as an unlawful cutback of their accrued benefits under their pension plan,...

Balmert v. Reliance Standard Life Ins., Co.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA action, a decision upholding the benefits determination of defendant-insurance company denying plaintiff's claim for long-term...

Charles Schwab & Co. v. Debickero

Banking Law, ERISA, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In an interpleader action by a bank seeking to determine the ownership of an IRA account held by decedent, summary judgment for the named...