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Metzger v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of ERISA-governed plans, 29 C.F.R. section 2560.503-1(h)(2)(iii) does not require a plan administrator to provide a claimant with...

Rittenhouse v. UnitedHealth Group Long Term Disability Ins. Plan

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from a denial of disability benefits, summary judgment for an employee and an award of attorney's fees and costs are...

Godleski v. FirstEnergy Corp.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case arising from a company's denial of former employee's claim for severance benefits under the company's benefits plan after his...

Pollett v. Rinker Materials Corp.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute arising from a denial of disability benefits for an employee, judgment for the plan administrator is affirmed where the employee,...

Smith v. United Television, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, an order awarding plaintiff severance benefits that defendant-plan had previously denied is reversed where the plan did not abuse...

Dobbs v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of state-law claims brought by husband and wife, beneficiaries of a group health insurance policy sold and underwritten by defendant and...

Register v. PNC Fin. Servs. Group, Inc.

ERISA, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint alleging that defendant's conversion of its pension plan from a traditional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan...

Miller v. Fortis Benefits Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint to recover benefits under ERISA, on statute of limitations grounds, is affirmed where plaintiff's cause of action accrued in...

Sloan v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A determination that an applicant qualified for long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by ERISA is affirmed over the plan administrator's...

Bath Marine Draftsmen's Ass'n v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an unfair labor practices complaint against an employer for unilaterally merging an employee pension plan with that of its parent company...