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Schneider v. Harrison Elec. Workers Trust Fund

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
District court order is affirmed where the court correctly analyzed the applicable case law, and where plaintiff abandoned his ERISA and unjust...

Univ. Hosps. of Cleveland v. S. Lorain Merchants Ass'n Health & Welfare Benefit Plan & Trust

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order requiring defendant, a benefit plan and trust, to pay for services rendered to the son of a participant in defendant's benefit plan is...

Maher v. FDIC

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Suit against the FDIC to recover pension funds from a failed bank is simultaneously dismissed because of mootness where the FDIC's receivership had...

Chappell-Johnson v. Powell

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer, an agency, in a race and age employment discrimination case brought under Title VII and the Age...

Mistick PBT v. Chao

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Davis-Bacon Act does not provide clear and convincing evidence that Congress sought to preclude judicial review under the Administrative Procedure...

Wisconsin Mut. Ins. Co. v. U.S.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for appeal of a judgment in a tort case involving a collision between a teenage driver exceeding the speed limit and a U.S. government...

In Re: Household Int'l Tax Reduction Plan

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of class action status to an ERISA suit is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the unnamed members of the...

City of Tampa v. Thompson

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An order awarding benefits in a workers' compensation case is reversed where the judge of compensation claims erred in denying an employer's and a...

King v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An order determining that a claimant was overpaid unemployment compensation benefits is affirmed where a ruling on the overpayment issue was correct...

Turner v. Hershey Chocolate USA

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer, a candy maker, on an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim is reversed where estoppel did not apply to...