Former Employee Not Covered Despite Premiums Paid
October 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled that an employee who...
Tag: ERISA
Court Slaps Employer with $100 Daily Fine over Document Production
October 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that a pension plan administrator has to pay a $100...
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MA Firm Agrees to Deal in Pension Fraud Case
October 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts property management firm has agreed to a $126,000 settlement deal to dispose of...
Judge Upholds Disability Retirement Benefit Formula
October 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kentucky federal judge has cleared a pension plan administrator of wrongdoing in reducing disability...
Appellate Judges Support Disability Finding
October 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrator of a long-term disability plan for a Chicago commodities-trading firm acted properly in...
ERISA Suit Sent to Maine Court
October 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Maine federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit claiming that the American Lung Association...
Fiduciary Breach Suit Dismissed as too late
October 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant in a Nebraska K plan was too late to pursue an Employee Retirement...
No Equitable Relief for Mistaken Distribution Return
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that a pension plan administrator cannot continue to push...
Severance Denied for Refusal to Sign Agreement
October 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled in favor of...
Ex-Employees Lack Standing for Co. Stock Suit
October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over allegations that a company's thrift...
Westar K Plan Stock Suit Stays Alive
October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kansas federal judge has cleared the way for a K plan fiduciary breach lawsuit...
Directed Trustees Not Expected to Second Guess
September 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled...
Workers Lose Severance Benefits Bid
September 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former employees of a Pennsylvania company lost the bid to gain severance...
Benefit Form Governs Despite Intent of Participant
September 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling and decided that...
Court Dismisses Suit of Children Not Named as Beneficiaries
September 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A district court judge has found that a deceased participant's children lack standing to sue...
Michigan Retiree Health Benefits Suit ERISA Preempted
September 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan federal judge has ruled that retirees can't sue their former employer in state...
ESOP Trustee Secretly Takes Over Company
September 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee found that an Employee Stock...
Drugmaker Cleared of COBRA Notice Wrongdoing
September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delaware federal judge has thrown out part of a lawsuit filed by a former...
Court Denies Ex-Wife's Waiver of Benefits
September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a retiree could not change his...
Judge Clears Chase of Fiduciary Breach Charges
September 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared officials at Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation of fiduciary breach charges...