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In re: Mut. Funds Inv. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Cashed-out former employees remain "participants" in defined contribution retirement plans for purposes of section 502(a)(2) of ERISA when they seek...

West v. Local 710, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension Plan

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising after ERISA plan administrators determined that employee-plaintiff was not entitled to full pension benefits, summary judgment...

Burke v. Hamilton Equip. Installers, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Remedies
Judgment finding one corporation not liable for the ERISA debt liability of another corporation is affirmed where the underlying relationship between...

Kolpacke v. CSX Pension Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming wrongful denial of benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), summary judgment against...

Kolpacke v. CSX Pension Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming wrongful denial of benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), summary judgment against...

Zirnhelt v. Michigan Consol. Gas Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a pension-benefits case, dismissal of plaintiff's benefits claim, fiduciary breach claim, and an award to plaintiff based on defendant's failure to...

Chicago Truck Drivers v. El Paso CGP Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA
In a suit for collection of withdrawal liability under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA), a ruling finding that a proof of...

Trujillo v. PacifiCorp

Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ERISA, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and the case remanded...

U.S. v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, ERISA, Evidence
Defendants' convictions and sentences for bank fraud are affirmed where: 1) unpaid employer contributions to a company's ERISA plan constitute plan...

Williams v. Interpublic Severance Pay Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed where: 1) there is no de novo review of the decision since the court must defer...