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Doe v. Standard Ins. Co.

ERISA
In an ERISA benefits suit for long term disability (LTD) payments brought by an environmental lawyer against his insurer, the district court's...

Stephanie C. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass

ERISA
In an action brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(1)(B), seeking reimbursement for...

DB Healthcare, LLC v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law, ERISA
In ERISA actions brought by health care providers designated to receive direct payments from employee health plan administrators for medical services,...

Prime Healthcare Services v. United Nurses and Allied Professionals

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute between employees and their successor employer, both of whom agreed to arbitrate, the district court's refusal to compel arbitration...

Troiano v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

ERISA
In an appeal arising from a dispute between an ERISA disability plan administrator and a beneficiary over the amount by which the monthly disability...

Tibble v. Edison Int'l.

ERISA
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty in the selection and retention of certain mutual funds for a benefit plan governed by ERISA, on remand from...

Armani v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Government Benefits, ERISA
In an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, challenging a denial of benefits under a long term disability insurance policy, the...

O'Shea v. UPS Retirement Plan

Labor & Employment Law, ERISA
In a suit arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. sections 1001 et seq., involving the highly sympathetic case of...

Tuetscher v. Riverside Sheriffs' Assoc.

Remedies, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA, Constitutional Law
In a remedies appeal arising from a retaliatory discharge case, the district court's equitable award of front pay and reinstatement is reversed where...

Demer v. IBM Corp.

Insurance Law, ERISA, Insurance Law, ERISA
In an ERISA action against defendants IBM and claim administrator Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife), the district court's entry of summary...