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Sullivan v. Randolph

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA and the Taft-Hartley Act by the trustees of a multiemployer pension plan for an accounting and damages, summary judgment for...

Gruer v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA
In ERISA class action that alleged defendant breached its fiduciary duty in failing to act in class plaintiffs' best interest in defendant's capacity...

Prater v. Ohio Educ. Ass'n

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by retired employees of defendant claiming that defendant improperly terminated their health benefits, which allegedly had become...

Edgar v. Avaya, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by a former employee alleging that defendant-employer and several of its officers breached their fiduciary duties under section 404...

Miller v. Monumental Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of a request for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for administrator is...

Washington v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Sports Law
In an ERISA action brought by a former NFL player involving an earlier settlement agreement of his challenge to a denial of claims for reclassified...

Giraldo v. Building Service 32B-J Pension Fund

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action involving disability benefits, appeal from denial of plaintiff's application for attorney fees after partial grant of summary judgment...

Loren v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action raising claims under 29 U.S.C. sections 1132(a)(2) and 1132(a)(3) of ERISA, dismissal of the action is affirmed in part and reversed in...

Hess v. Reg-Ellen Mach. Tool Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit regarding plaintiffs' requests for a rollover distribution and a segregation and liquidation of their accounts under their former...

Auto. Mechs. Local 701 Welfare & Pension Funds v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute over the rate of contribution by an employer to union welfare and pension funds, sua sponte dismissal of the action is reversed...