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Wade vs. Hewlett-Packard Dev. Co. LP Short Term Disability Plan

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over the denial of short-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly applied...

In re: Merck & Co., Inc. Sec., Derivative & ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Securities Law
In a shareholder suit which is part of the VIOXX-related litigation, dismissal of the suit on the grounds that plaintiffs failed to make pre-suit...

Zipperer v. Raytheon Co., Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit asserting state law claims of negligence, equitable estoppel and negligent misrepresentation against plaintiff's former employer after the...

McDougall v. Pioneer Ranch Ltd. P'Ship

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a pension fund to recover withdrawal liability from a bankrupt trucking company, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where a...

Meyers v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying former Wal-Mart employee's disability claim under ERISA against defendant-plan administrator is affirmed where the plan administrator...

Ratliff v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from a denial of claims for long term and partial disability benefits by defendant, an employer's disability benefit...

Flinders v. Workforce Stabilization Plan of Phillips Petroleum Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action alleging that defendant-plan wrongfully denied benefits to plaintiffs, a class of former employees of the Phillips Petroleum...

Weidner v. Fed. Express Corp.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action alleging that Federal Express wrongfully denied plaintiff's claim for total disability benefits under its long term disability...

In re: Bucci

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an adversary proceeding brought by employee benefit funds seeking a declaration that employer-bankruptcy debtor's debt could not be discharged, a...

Kansky v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New England

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an ERISA suit challenging a plan administrator's decision to deny long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...