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Werdehausen v. Benicorp Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action raising ERISA, and other federal and state law claims, arising from defendant's retroactive rescission of plaintiff's enrollment in his...

Torres-Negron v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer for discrimination and violation of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, summary judgment for defendant...

Jenkins v. Cleco Power LLC

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former employee's disability discrimination suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ERISA, and state law, summary judgment for plan...

Hoyos v. Telecorp Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination in plaintiff's termination and withholding of ERISA benefits, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed...

Blankenship v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Securities Law
An award of disability benefits following a court trial on claims under ERISA is affirmed over plan administrator's claims of error that: 1) the...

Alejandro v. Med. Card Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA seeking reinstatement of long-term disability benefits, reimbursement of medical expenses, and payment of past long-term...

Cooper v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim adjuster's ERISA suit for long-term disability insurance benefits, judgment for defendants is reversed and remanded for an award of...

Jakimas v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
When an employee is terminated in violation of section 510 of ERISA, the claim accrues for statute of limitations purposes when the decision to...

Kollman v. Hewitt Assocs., LLC

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of ERISA section 104(b)(4), which requires that plan administrators furnish certain documents to participants upon request, the circuit...

Opeta v. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment finding that plaintiff was not "totally and permanently" disabled, and therefore ineligible for a disability pension benefit under an...