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Pearson v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees of Tyco Int’l (US), Inc.
In this 2008 ERISA case, the Plaintiff former employee filed suit against defendant long-term disability plan pursuant to ERISA to recover long-term...
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In this 2021 ERISA case, the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of claimant was affirmed because, while the court adjudicated the parties'...
Read MoreRoehr v. Sun Life Assur. Co.
In this 2021 ERISA case, the Court found that the district court did not err by evaluating the claimant's claims under the well-known abuse of discretion...
Read MoreYates v. Symetra Life Ins. Co.
In this 2023 ERISA case, a participant in an employee benefit plan governed by ERISA was not required to exhaust administrative remedies before challenging...
Read MoreAvenoso v. Reliance Std. Life Ins. Co.
In this 2021 ERISA case, the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the claimant was affirmed because, while the court adjudicated the...
Read MoreNewport v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.
In this 2004 ERISA case, the Appellant employee brought a suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division,...
Read MoreBlair v. Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Disability Plan
In this 2017 ERISA case, an ERISA claims administrator terminated a recipient's long term disability benefits. The Court determined that substantial...
Read MoreLynecker v. Johnson & Johnson Pension Comm.
In this 2006 ERISA case, the Plaintiff/claimant sought a review of a decision in which the defendant, a pension committee, terminated the claimant's long...
Read MoreDonachie v. Liberty Life Assur. Co.
In this 2014 ERISA case, a claimaint suffering from anxiety due to the noise from a prosthetic valve with each beat of his heart after surgery that...
Read MoreMcQuillin v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
In this 2022 case, the question is whether the beneficiary of the plan timely brought suit in federal court - whether or not he had exhausted his plan...
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