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Weinreb v. Hosp. for Joint Disease Orthopaedic Ins.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for life insurance benefits under ERISA, plaintiff-decedent's widow has no claim for benefits where the required enrollment form under...

Wright v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The termination of plaintiff's short term disability benefits, and denial of his long term disability benefits, as a matter of law, did not violate...

Levine v. United Healthcare Corp.

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Insurance Law
A New Jersey statute, which states that subrogation and reimbursement provisions are no longer permitted in New Jersey health insurance policies, is...

S. Illinois Carpenters Welfare Fund v. RFMS, Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit to determine liability for medical bills under ERISA-governed benefit plans, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's...

LaMantia v. Voluntary Plan Admin. Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court erred in applying the...

MILOFSKY v. AM. AIRLINES

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging breach of fiduciary duty with regard to a transfer of their pension plans, is affirmed where plaintiffs lack...

COTTON v. MASSACHUSETTS MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty under ERISA, judgment in favor of plaintiffs is reversed where they cannot establish that defendant is an...

LEVINE v. UNITED HEALTHCARE CORP.

Constitutional Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute concerning an insurer's claimed right of subrogation from an insured's third-party tort recovery, the district court should have...

BLAND v. FIATALLIS N. AM. INC.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for retirement benefits, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is reversed where the "lifetime" language in defendant's plan...

GAYLE v. UPS

ERISA, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Attorney negligence does not justify equitable tolling sufficient to excuse the lack of compliance with a ERISA-governed employee welfare benefit...