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Weiss v. First Unum Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit against an insurer under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claiming it discontinued payment of plaintiff's...

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

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case brought against a plan administrator following its denial of a claim for disability benefits, a ruling against the administrator is...

Wachtel v. Health Net, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Evidence
In a state law and ERISA case brought by beneficiaries of two different employee benefit plans that purchased point-of-service policies, an order...

Jessup v. Alcoa, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for wrongful denial of benefits under ERISA, summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees for plaintiffs is reversed where, although...

Rutledge v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case raising a claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to a plan under ERISA, summary judgment for defendant-plan is affirmed where...

McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In case where plaintiffs became employees of new corporation, which changed their severance and retirement benefits, rulings in favor of defendant...

Kalda v. Sioux Valley Physician Partners, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an ERISA action alleging that defendants breached several fiduciary duties and violated the terms of two ERISA plans, summary judgment and...

Denmark v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit under ERISA challenging the denial of disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where the insurer's decision...

Flynn v. Dick Corp.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant company on plaintiffs' claim for employee benefit contributions to union pension fund is reversed as the requested...

Crosby v. Rohm & Haas Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought against a company seeking to recover benefits allegedly owed to plaintiff as a beneficiary of her father's life insurance...