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In re: Falcon Prods., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A decision in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings terminating three pension plans is affirmed where: 1) it was unnecessary for the court to address...

Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. IADA Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Remedies
The federal common law of rights and obligations under ERISA-regulated plans does not provide that an ERISA fiduciary found liable for violating its...

Kennedy v. Plan Admin. for Dupont Savings & Inv. Plan

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute, summary judgment awarding an estate benefits under a retirement plan is affirmed in part as to a denial of attorney's fees for...

Bridges v. Amer. Elec. Power Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA action, an order denying plaintiff's motion for class certification and dismissing his claims without prejudice is reversed and remanded...

Williams v. Rohm & Haas Pension Plan

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit charging that defendant violated ERISA by failing to include a cost-of-living adjustment in plaintiff's lump sum distribution from a pension...

Totten v. Hill

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
In breach of contract dispute over a benefit plan participant's recovery of a medical malpractice settlement, summary judgment for defendant is...

Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace, & Agric. Implement Workers of Am. v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In challenges brought by objecting retirees of Ford and GM to a settlement between their union and the companies of a class action ERISA dispute over...

Wilmington Shipping Co. v. New England Life Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim for breach of fiduciary duty under section 502(a)(2) of ERISA and state law claims is affirmed as...

Graden v. Conexant Sys. Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
ERISA gives an ostensibly cashed-out former employee the right to sue the administrator of his former employer's 401(k) plan for allegedly mismanaging...

Custer vs. Murphy Oil USA Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA after defendant-employer terminated a totally disabled employee and withdrew his health insurance coverage, summary judgment for...