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Cook Children's Med. Ctr. v. New England PPO Plan of Gen. Consol. Mgmt. Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an ERISA action brought by a medical center as an assignee of a plan member, summary judgment and award of mediation costs for defendants is...

Gilley v. Monsanto Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA suit alleging wrongful denial of pension benefits, order that defendant pay plaintiff his past due pension benefits, plus appropriate...

Radford Trust v. First UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an ERISA suit for benefits under a disability policy provided to plaintiff's assignor's employer by defendant, the district court's determination...

Gothard v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a legal secretary's suit against her disability-plan fiduciary, MetLife, for terminating her long-term disability payments, summary judgment for...

Custom Rail Employer Welfare Trust Fund. v. Geeslin

Administrative Law, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an injunctive and declaratory action brought by an employee welfare benefit plan against the Texas Commissioner of Insurance to require the state...

Haus v. Bechtel Jacobs Co., LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by an employee seeking to enforce and clarify his rights under four employee benefit plans, a judgment for plaintiff is...

McKoy v. International Paper Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action against employer and sponsor for disability retirement benefits, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where defendant...

Beck v. PACE Int'l Union

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
Merger is not a permissible method of terminating a single-employer defined-benefit pension plan under ERISA.

Harzewski v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit by participants and beneficiaries in an employee pension plan alleging that the plan's fiduciaries acted imprudently in failing to...

Gilliam v. Nevada Power Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Public Utilities, Tax Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of plaintiff's retirement benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...