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Gaeth v. Hartford Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An award of attorney's fees to claimant pursuant to a finding that plan administrator's termination of long term disability benefits was arbitrary and...

Kouvchinov v. Parametric Tech. Corp.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination action brought by plaintiff against his former employer, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) in the...

Pell v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an employee's suit claiming that defendant underpaid his pension benefits, a ruling awarding relief under ERISA is affirmed, and rulings regarding...

Speciale v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Assoc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA claim for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where the administrator reasonably determined that...

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Inc. v. Cent. States Joint Bd. Health & Welfare Trust Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit for negligent misrepresentation and estoppel over defendant-benefit plan's refusal to pay for medical services provided by...

Lanfear v. Home Depot, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a matter of first impression as to whether a complaint for breach of fiduciary duty regarding the diminution of value of a defined contribution...

Cent. States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Gen. Materials, Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a pension fund and trustee raising a claim for overdue pension payments, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed...

Frommert v. Conkright

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action ERISA case brought by former and current employees of Xerox Corporation, an order issued by the district court following a prior...

Pakovich v. Broadspire Servs. Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of long term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants finding that...

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court rules that the dual role of ERISA plan administrators that both determine whether an employee is eligible for benefits, and pay...