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Semien v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's discovery requests and grant of summary judgment to defendants in an ERISA dispute over the termination of plaintiff's long term...

Bender v. Freed

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of a request for fees brought by a prevailing defendant-plan in an ERISA case is affirmed where the district court correctly found that the...

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Parker

Banking Law, ERISA, Insurance Law
District court's determination as to a designated beneficiary in a dispute between three claimants to determine the proper beneficiary of an...

Comer v. Micor, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA
Denial of defendant's petition to stay an action under ERISA for breach of fiduciary duty against defendant, investment manager for the ERISA plans at...

Ranke v. Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs-employees' complaint for failure to state a claim involving alleged breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA is affirmed where...

Mora v. Constr. Laborers Pension Trust for S. California

Class Actions, Construction, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in an ERISA case denying class plaintiffs, construction laborers, credits for hours of service giving rise to additional pension benefits...

Chao v. Day

Administrative Law, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, Secretary of Labor, in an action under ERISA alleging that defendant, president of an insurer, violated his fiduciary...

Frommert v. Conkright

ERISA, Elder Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgments dismissing plaintiffs-employees' claims for improper calculation of their benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

Evans v. UnumProvident Corp.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of plaintiff's motion for judgment on the administrative record and award of attorney's fees is affirmed in an action under ERISA involving...

Knierem v. Group Health Plan, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's, representative of decedent's estate, suit for wrongful denial of coverage is affirmed since ERISA does not allow a monetary...