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Evans v. Eaton Corp. Long Term Disability Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In suit by terminated employee to recover long-term disability benefits under ERISA, award of benefits to plaintiff is reversed where the district...

United Steelworkers of Am. v. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees of ASARCO, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a union and retirees' action against the owner and operator of a copper smelter plant's retirement plan seeking to compel arbitration of retirees'...

Doyle v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In case where ERISA administrator denied benefits to a plan beneficiary, summary judgment for the administrator is reversed as the court used the...

Nelson v. Hodowal

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit under ERISA alleging that a pension plan's fiduciaries failed to anticipate a decline in the value of the plan's stock holdings, judgment...

Gillis v. SPX Corp. Individual Account Retirement Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA challenging the calculation of early retirement benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the plan...

Pfahler v. Nat'l Latex Prods. Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by former employees of defendant against it and various other parties after those parties allegedly breached fiduciary duties...

Guthrie v. Nat'l Rural Elec. Coop. Ass'n Long-Term Disability Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA case where plaintiff was denied long-term disability benefits by her employee benefit plan, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where...

Blackshear v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit involving claim for benefits under a group life insurance policy, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is reversed as: 1) defendant cannot...

Jewell v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order granting plaintiff's claim for long-term disability benefits under ERISA is reversed where the district court abused its discretion in...

Asbestos Workers Local Union No. 42 Welfare Fund v. Brewster

ERISA, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a subrogation action brought by an ERISA Fund wherein one of its members sought to have her medical expenses from an automobile accident paid by...