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Stone v. Unocal Termination Allowance Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action alleging that Defendant constructively discharged Plaintiff, resulting in Plaintiff being denied unemployment benefits, summary...

Poore v. Simpson Paper Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking unpaid retirement benefits, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed in part, where there was no evidence that Defendant...

Thornton v. Graphic Comms. Conf.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an ERISA action alleging that Defendant-Union violated ERISA's anti-cutback rule by rescinding an increase of retirement benefits, summary judgment...

Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital v. Blue Cross of California

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law
In an action seeking reimbursement for the cost of emergency care, trial court judgment sustaining defendants' demurrer to plaintiff's complaint is...

GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. The Goldfarb Corp.

Civil Procedure, ERISA
In an action seeking to collect withdrawal liability payments under ERISA, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of...

Rahm v. Halpin

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving an employer's contributions to an employee benefit plan, district court judgment is affirmed where defendant's failure to make...

Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving the termination of long term disability benefits brought under ERISA, district court judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Chronister v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America

ERISA, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving disability benefits, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed where in light of the Supreme Court's...

Giordano v. Thomson

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an adverse employment action, district court judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff was not entitled to receive payments under the...

Int'l Painters and Allied Trades Indus. Pension Fund v. Radcliffe

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving bankruptcy and pension benefits, district court judgment is affirmed where: 1) the setoff of defendant's pension benefits upon...