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Byars v. The Coca-Cola Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to recover benefits under employer's long-term disability plan, part of the judgment against defendants fixing amount of "own occupation"...

Hastings v. Wilson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a class action suit brought by former Northwest Airlines (NWA) employees against alleged fiduciaries of two separate NWA pension plans claiming...

Trustees of the Graphic Communications Int'l Union Health and Welfare Plan v. Bjorkedal

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In trustees' ERISA action against shareholders of a company arising after the company stopped making contributions to a fund that provided health and...

LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Assocs., Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Although section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) does not provide a remedy for individual injuries distinct...

In re: Syncor ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
When parties (1) enter into a binding class action settlement agreement, which requires court approval pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of...

E I Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. Sawyer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of a dispute between DuPont and former DuPont employees who allege that DuPont fraudulently induced them to terminate their...

Desrosiers v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

ERISA, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a federal employee challenging defendant's denial of her claim for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is...

Indianapolis Life Ins. Co. v. Herman

Contracts, ERISA, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging breach of a cross-claim plaintiff's employment contract and pension plan rights, breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA and...

Anderson v. CNH US Pension Plan

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action brought by several retirees of a company against two entities that administer the company's pension and retirement plans,...

Robinson v. Sheet Metal Workers' Nat'l Pension Fund Plan A

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In class action alleging amendments of disability pension violates ERISA, appeal from finding for defendants on all claims is dismissed as moot as to...