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Brown v. S. Cal. IBEW-NECA Trust Funds

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action regarding the suspension of plaintiff's early retirement benefits, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where defendant trustees...

Anderson v. Suburban Teamsters of N. Ill. Pension Fund Bd. of Trustees

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant pension fund's denial of disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the fund's...

Medina v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against defendant alleging that it used an arbitrary and capricious procedure in terminating his short-term disability...

Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant benefit plan administrator (Wal-Mart) failed adequately to evaluate the investment options included in the...

Bandak v. Eli Lilly & Co. Retirement Plan

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff in his ERISA suit against his former employer's retirement plan is affirmed as defendant's rejection of plaintiff's...

Brown v. J.B. Hunt Transp. Servs., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action based on the discontinuation of plaintiff's long-term disability (LTD) benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part...

Longaberger Co. v. Kolt

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action by an ERISA governed, self-funded employee welfare benefit plan seeking to enforce the terms of the Plan's reimbursement provisions...

Kovach v. Zurich American Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against an insurance company for denying his claim for dismemberment benefits arising from a drunk-driving motorcycle...

Wetzler v. Illinois CPA Soc'y & Found. Retirement Income Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against the Illinois CPA Society & Foundation Retirement Income Plan (Plan) for denying his request for a lump-sum...

Scruggs v. ExxonMobil Pension Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking retroactive pension and savings benefits allegedly owed to plaintiff under two of defendants' employee benefits plans,...