Trade Group Cleared of ERISA Violation Allegation
January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-based food trade group has been cleared of allegations it violated federal law by...
Tag: ERISA
DoL Sues CT Firm for Misuse of Plan Funds
January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against New Britain, Connecticut-based Macristy Industries Inc....
MI Prisoners Lose Pension Garnishment Appeal
January 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a recent ruling by a federal appellate court, four prisoners in the Michigan prison...
Employers as Plan Sponsors Owe Fiduciary Duty to Participants
January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois has affirmed a plan participant's...
Appellate Court Reinstates Deferred Comp Plan Case
January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a case brought by a deferred...
Appellate Ruling Affirms Maryland's 'Wal-Mart' Health Law Dismissal
January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has handed a business lobbying group a legal victory by upholding...
Executives Jailed for Fleecing Company Benefit Plans
January 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Lynchburg, Virginia, has handed prison sentences to two executives of...
Spouse Absent for 18 Months Can Get Death Benefits
December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment to a...
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Study: Health SPD Readability Too Advanced for Average Participants
December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average health care summary plan document (SPD) that contains information about eligibility, benefits and...
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USW Retirees Seek to Enforce Medical Benefit Promise
December 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Steelworkers (USW) retirees and their union have filed a class action lawsuit against Continental...
Court Affirms Denial of Benefits to Drunk Driver
December 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida has granted summary judgment in...
Court Upholds Ruling in ERISA Conversion of Assets Case
December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction for conversion of plan...
Death Cause not Necessarily Accident Under Plan Terms
December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied accidental death benefits for...
Appellate Judges Uphold ExxonMobil Insurance Denial
December 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the ExxonMobil employee benefits department posthumously signed up a physician for added life...
Fiduciary Breach Claims Must Seek Relief for Whole Plan
November 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled that claims alleging a...
Court Overturns Benefits Ruling for Widow of Drunk Driver
November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's decision that the...
Employee Fired for Plan Inquiry Awarded Damages
November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota has awarded damages and attorney's fees...
Company Fined for Failure to Provide Plan Documents
November 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that a plan...
Extra-judicial Contracts Sufficient to Recoup Benefit Overpayments
November 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a plan administrator is not required...
Plan Document Trumps Antenuptial Agreement in Favor of Surviving Spouse
October 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled that, even though the...