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Horton v. Ford Motor Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The Retirement Equity Act(REA), which requires a participant in a pension plan to seek spousal consent to exclude a surviving spouse from pension...

Beck v. Pace Int'l Union

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
Merger into a multiemployer plan is a permissible means of terminating a pension plan under ERISA.

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Raytheon Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, plaintiff-insurer is not liable to defend its insured in an ERISA action where the action was excluded from coverage...

Shyman v. Unum Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for diability benefits, defendant-insurer did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that plaintiff lacked credible medical...

Madera v. Marsh

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, dismissal of plaintiff's ERISA claim is affirmed where he failed to exhaust the administrative remedies available to him...

Buffonge v. The Prudential Ins. Co. Of Am.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute concerning a claims administrator's denial of long-term disability benefits, summary judgment in favor of defendant-administrator is...

Husvar v. Rapoport

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action dispute seeking recompense for the diminution in value of company stock, the district court erred in denying plaintiff's motion to...

McDonald v. Household Int'l Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit for promised medical insurance coverage, for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, is reversed...

Harris Methodist Fort Worth v. Sales Support Serv. Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's suit under ERISA, seeking reimbursement for medical services, was improperly dismissed by the district court since it incorrectly found...

Varghese v. Honeywell Int'l Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Employer-granted stock options are not "wages" as that term is defined by the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law.