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Geddes v. United Staffing Alliance Employee Med. Plan

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of court review of an ERISA health plan's denial of benefits, a fiduciary's decision to delegate part of its Firestone authority to an...

Nelson v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Motion to dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction on ground that the judgment was not final is denied where the district court's decision...

Northcutt v. General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Summary judgment for automobile manufacturer is affirmed where the suspension of plaintiffs' benefits by the employer, and the treatment of the amount...

Lind v. Aetna Health, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit bringing tort and contract claims against an insurer under state law, summary judgment for the insurer and denial of leave to amend are...

Johnson v. Lend Lease Real Estate Inv.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit claiming that letters that a former employer sent to plaintiffs upon termination of their employment constituted free-standing ERISA plans...

Bank of Louisiana v. Aetna US Healthcare Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a dispute with a bank involving stop-loss coverage is reversed in part where the district court erred in...

Swede v. Rochester Carpenters Pension Fund

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a partial grant of summary judgment for plaintiff in an ERISA claim concerning a plan amendment that suspended plaintiff's...

Carolina Care Plan Inc. v. McKenzie

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
Judgment that an ERISA administrator abused its discretion in denying plaintiff a cochlear implant is affirmed where: 1) the exclusion language relied...

Hooven v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Oil and Gas Law
In a case arising out of a dispute over whether employees divested in connection with a merger between Mobil Corporation and Exxon Corporation are...

Honeywell Int'l, Inc. v. Purolator Prods. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Appeal from order awarding attorney fees to plaintiff after summary judgment holding defendant liable under ERISA is dismissed as the district court...