all - Opinion Summaries

Univ. of Chicago Hosps. v. US

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action by a hospital to recover FICA taxes paid on behalf of medical residents, denial of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...

Reddington v. Staten Island Univ. Hosp.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-employee's claims against former employer-defendant for termination in violation of whistleblower protection law and breach of...

Poore v. Simpson Paper Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over retirement benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs interests had not vested, and the court lacked...

Burke v. Pitney Bowes, Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, summary judgment for defendant is vacated and the case remanded where: 1) under the Supreme Court's recent Metropolitan Life Ins....

Vaughn v. Bay Env't Mgmt., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs who have already received payout from...

Doyle v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-ERISA plan adminstrator is affirmed where: 1) defendant, as administrator of an ERISA-governed long...

Pannebecker v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case challenging denial of disability benefits, a judgment upholding denial of benefits is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in...

Hukill v. Oklahoma Native Am. Domestic Violence Coalition

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former employee terminated by defendants, denial of defendants' motion to set aside a default judgment in favor of plaintiff...

Kelley v. City of Albuquerque

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants retaliated against plaintiff-former Albuquerque assistant city attorney in violation of Title VII and state law,...

Lee v. Dynamex

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a putative class action lawsuit against defendant-parcel delivery company alleging it had improperly reclassified plaintiffs-drivers from employees...