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Crown Cork & Seal Co, Inc. v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An appeal from dismissal of an employer's declaratory judgment claims brought under the ERISA and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) and from...

Langley v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Mere labeling by a plan sponsor or administrator is not determinative on whether a plan is governed by ERISA. In a former employee's case brought...

Post v. Hartford Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit over the denial of disability benefits under plaintiff's former employer's disability plan, summary judgment for the plan is vacated...

Mote v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging the termination of plaintiff's long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the plan's...

Coffin v. Bowater, Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over the effective termination date of a company's obligations under ERISA to the employees of its subsidiary after the sale of the...

In re: Shenango Group Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings brought in bankruptcy court by certain retired beneficiaries involving a dispute over the funding of certain retiree benefit increases,...

House v. Am. United Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against defendant for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment by which total disability benefits and a Louisiana state...

United Auto. Workers Local 259 v. Metro Auto Ctr.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A trial court must award interest under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(g)(2)(B) on an employer's delinquent contributions that were unpaid at the time a suit...

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Price

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an interpleader action brought against competing claimants for a decedent's life-insurance benefits under an ERISA-governed employee benefit plan,...

Leckey v. Stefano

ERISA, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an estate dispute involving various ERISA plans and causes of action, a judgment for defendants is vacated in part and remanded where: 1) the issue...