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Fernandez-Vargas v. Pfizer Pharm., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action arising from the death of a person who was shot while working at Pfizer's facility in Puerto Rico, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Rogers v. Baxter Int'l Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging that ERISA fiduciaries violated their duties by allowing participants to invest in an employer's stock, despite knowing that it was...

Boylan v. Tribune Co.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Securities Law
In consolidated securities and ERISA class actions arising out of fraud at two of defendant's subsidiary publications, dismissal of both suits is...

Fitts v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former Fannie Mae attorney challenging the discontinuance of disability benefits for a mental illness, partial summary judgment for...

Menz v. Proctor and Gamble Health Care Plan

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action involving denial of benefits under an employee benefits plan for a "back-up" prosthetic arm and hand, grant of summary judgment on the...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against defendants-plan administrators for various violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for...

Benefit Recovery, Inc. v. Donelon

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Directive 175 issued by the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance, which provides that "any right of recovery from third parties on the part of the...

Dewitt v. Proctor Hosp.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a hospital alleging multiple forms of discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in part where:...

Hamilton v. Standard Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising after defendant reduced the amount of death benefits paid to plaintiff under a group insurance policy providing coverage for her...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action against health insurance plans alleging violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for defendants is...