all - Opinion Summaries

Pralutsky v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff on an ERISA claim seeking to enforce a claimed right to benefits under defendant's long-term disability plan is...

Lupiani v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Order dismissing plaintiffs-employees' ERISA claims against defendant-retailer is reversed where the district court erred in holding that jurisdiction...

Yolton v. El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Preliminary injunction requiring the continued payment of the health care benefits by a defendant to plaintiffs is affirmed where the district court...

Primax Recoveries, Inc. v. Gunter

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
A federal court has subject-matter jurisdiction over an ERISA action ostensibly brought under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(3) apparently for solely legal...

Hamilton v. Washington State Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus. Pension Plan

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment and award of attorneys' fees to decedent's children from a previous marriage in a dispute over rights to survivor benefits is...

Seitz v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants regarding their denial of plaintiff's ERISA claim for disability benefits is reversed where defendant plan...

Diaz v. American Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions, Transportation
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for decedent's benefits pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as a sanction for disobeying...

Delcastillo v. Odyssey Res. Mgmt., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Award of statutory penalties, compensatory damages, and attorneys' fees and costs in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) case is...

Smith v. Smith

Contracts, ERISA, Family Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment determining that a marital settlement agreement constituted a waiver of any claims plaintiff-wife had to the proceeds of a life...

Slomcenski v. Citibank, N.A.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for reconsideration of a grant of summary judgment on her ERISA and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims is...