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Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging a denial of plaintiff's application for long-term disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where,...

CenTra Inc. v. Central States

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case involving employer withdrawal liability under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA), district court's...

Borntrager v. Cent. States SE & SW Areas Pension Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving the expulsion of plaintiffs-employer and employees from a pension fund, district court's judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Anderson v. AB Painting and Sandblasting

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA benefit plan case, judgment reducing an award of plaintiff's attorney's fees on grounds that it was disproportionate to the damages...

Anderson v. AB Painting and Sandblasting

Attorney's Fees, ERISA
In a ERISA benefit plan case, district court's judgment reducing an award of plaintiff's attorney's fees on grounds that it was disproportional to the...

Lone Star OB/GYN Assocs. v. Aetna Health Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action alleging underpayment of health insurance proceeds to a service provider, an order remanding the case is vacated where plaintiff was not...

Harris v. United Auto. Ins. Grp., Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking to reinstate plaintiff's health insurance benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where 26 C.F.R. section 54.4980B-8,...

Sharp Elec. Co. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, judgment granting defendant-Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's (MetLife) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim against...

Fry v. Exelon Corp. Cash Balance Pension Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Motion by the AARP and the Pension Rights Center to reconsider the denial of leave to participate as amici curiae is denied where Fed. R. App. P....

Holcomb v. UNUM Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant's decision to deny plaintiff long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed where...