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Lafleur v. La. Hlth. Servs. & Indemn. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an ERISA action for health insurance benefits, summary judgment for Defendant plan administrator is reversed where Defendant failed to...

Contilli v. Local 705 Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Pension Fund

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action involving the non-forfeiture of benefits, district court's judgment against plaintiff is vacated and remanded where plaintiff's...

Paulsen v. CNF Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
In an ERISA action for unpaid retirement benefits, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part, where Plaintiff-Employees' claims did not fall...

Hackett v. Standard Insurance Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving the denial of disability benefits, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed and remanded where the district court...

Am. Coun. of Life Insurers v. Ross

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that Michigan insurance regulations prohibiting "discretionary clauses" in insurance policies are preempted by ERISA, summary...

Durand v. Hanover Ins. Grp., Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an ERISA action based on Defendants' calculation of lump-sum benefits under their pension plan, dismissal of Plaintiff's complaint for failure to...

Pepe v. Newspaper and Mail Deliverers'-Publishers' Pension Fund

ERISA
In an ERISA action, district court's judgment against plaintiff is reversed where the denial of plaintiff's disability retirement pension claim by...

Carden v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Workers' Compensation
In an action for ERISA disability benefits, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Defendant was entitled under its benefits plan to offset...

Chastain v. AT&T

ERISA
In an ERISA action to recover retirement benefits, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where Plaintiffs did not have standing because they...

Leger v. Tribune Co. Long Term Disability Benefit Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA
In an ERISA action for payment of benefits due, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed and remanded for further...