all - Opinion Summaries

Elliott v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action stemming from a plan administrator's denial of a claim for long-term disability benefits, a judgment in favor of the administrator...

Call v. Ameritech Mgmt. Pension Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in a ERISA case concerning early retirement benefits following a plan amendment is affirmed where the administrator of the plan...

Mommaerts v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA
Summary judgment for an ERISA plan in a suit over denial of benefits is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying...

Kampmier v. Emeritus Corp.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant employer in a suit under ADA, Title VII, and ERISA is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not provide evidence of a...

Chacko v. Sabre Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, which included plaintiff's former employer, a severance plan, and the plan administrator, on a claim for wrongful...

Bard v. Boston Shipping Ass'n

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Summary judgment for defendant, a multi-employer pension plan, in an ERISA suit over the denial of disability benefits is reversed where plaintiff was...

Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dispositive issue arising from dismissal of claim for long-term disability benefits is certified to the New York Court of Appeals as whether New York...

US v. Whiting

Criminal Law & Procedure, ERISA, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions for conversion of funds withdrawn from employee paychecks and making false statements relating to health care matters at two companies are...

Stewart v. Nat'l Educ Ass'n

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving transfer of funds from insurance company to appellee trust when company converted from mutual life insurance company to a stock life...

Green v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

ERISA
Judgment for defendant-corporation in an ERISA suit for supplemental life insurance proceeds by the heir of a decedent who died before the defendant...