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Coleman v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In class action ERISA suit, summary judgment for appellee, the successor to employer's terminated pension plan, is affirmed over primary claim that...

Hutchison v. Fifth Third Bancorp

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, M&A
In a breach of contract action arising from a merger agreement in which defendant-merging company guaranteed that participants in the other company's...

Board of Trustees v. BES Servs. Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff pension fund, granting award of six-figure assessment and attorney fees against defendant for withdrawal liability...

Tocker v. Philip Morris Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action challenging denial of claim for additional pension credits and claiming a breach of fiduciary duty by employer, summary judgment for...

Tocker v. Philip Morris Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action challenging denial of claim for additional pension credits and claiming a breach of fiduciary duty by employer, summary judgment for...

Tocker v. Philip Morris Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action challenging denial of claim for additional pension credits and claiming a breach of fiduciary duty by employer, summary judgment for...

Bank of New York v. Janowick

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an interpleader action involving conflicting claims to stock plaintiff-bank received from Prudential Insurance Company of America's...

Wirth v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Removal to federal court of plaintiff's suit, which set forth state claims against an HMO arising from its subrogation lien on plaintiff's tort...

Johnson v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for the NFL's retirement plan in an ERISA action brought by a former player who suffered a career-ending back injury is affirmed...

Forcier v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Family Law, Insurance Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a dispute between a decedent's parents and his wife, with whom decedent was in the midst of divorce proceedings at the time of his suicide, over...