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<title>Plan&apos;s Denial of ERISA Benefits Upheld</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myrtle McGee worked as a restaurant general manager.&nbsp; She received short-term and long-term disability benefits under her employer&rsquo;s ERISA plan.&nbsp; The long-term disability portion of the plan paid benefits during the first 24 months under an &ldquo;own occ&rdquo; standard and...]]></description>
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<title>ERISA Claimant Prevails in California Federal Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[The claimant, Rose Wood, left work in 1999 due to carpal tunnel syndrome.&nbsp; She began to receive short-term disability benefits under her employer's plan.&nbsp; Her condition continued to worsen.&nbsp; She later had surgery on her back, leading to a number...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:39:49 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Court Refuses to Dismiss Claims Administrator as Defendant in ERISA Disability Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Carla Pippin stopped working due to a medical condition in January 2002.&nbsp; She began receiving ERISA disability benefits from her employer&rsquo;s plan.&nbsp; The third-party claims administrator, Broadspire Services, terminated Pippin&rsquo;s benefits approximately two years later under the plan&rsquo;s &ldquo;any occ&rdquo;...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:57:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Plan&apos;s Alleged Procedural Irregularity Insufficient to Trigger De Novo Review</title>
<description><![CDATA[In Tabatabai v. Hewlett-Packard Co. Disability Plan, 2006 WL 2547762 (N.D. Cal. Sep. 1, 2006), a federal court in California clarified the standard of review that applied to the defendant&rsquo;s decision to deny ERISA benefits.&nbsp; As discussed several times on...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:10:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Court Upholds Denial of ERISA Disability Benefits Under Arbitrary and Capricious Standard</title>
<description><![CDATA[In Richardson v. Foundation of Health, 2006 WL 2524176 (D.N.J. Aug. 30, 2006), a federal court in New Jersey upheld an ERISA plan&rsquo;s termination of benefits.&nbsp; The claimant, Ann Richardson, applied for long-term disability benefits after a car wreck.&nbsp; Her...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:43:49 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Fourth Circuit Agrees that ERISA Plan Wrongly Terminated Benefits</title>
<description><![CDATA[The claimant, Deborah Donovan, left work in 1993 due to back pain and degenerative disc disease.&nbsp; Her employer&rsquo;s ERISA plan paid her long-term disability benefits for ten years.&nbsp; The Social Security Administration awarded her disability benefits in 1994.&nbsp; The claim...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:21:24 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Federal Court Rejects Claims of ERISA Preemption</title>
<description><![CDATA[In McNerney v. Safeway, Inc., 2006 WL 2506399 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 28, 2006), the plaintiff asserted&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;employment-related claims against the defendants (including apparently her employer), including gender and disability discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation.&nbsp; McNerney also alleged that...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:52:05 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Disputed Birthday Gives Rise to Pension Benefit Lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[For ten years, Maria Zdzienicki apparently maintained to her employer, Con Edison, that she was born in 1939.&nbsp; &nbsp;She provided Con Edison with sworn documents, such as immigration papers, confirming this to be true.&nbsp; Years later, when her pension benefits...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Court Applies De Novo Standard of Review to ERISA Benefit Dispute</title>
<description><![CDATA[Litigants in ERISA cases often dispute the standard of review that the court should apply in evaluating a plan&rsquo;s denial of benefits.&nbsp; Under the seminal case of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989), the U.S....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:50:26 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Ninth Circuit: Non-Lawyer Fees Awardable in ERISA Delinquent-Contribution Case</title>
<description>In Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v. Redland Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2494038 (9th Cir. Aug. 30, 2006), the Ninth Circuit addressed whether fees generated by non-lawyers, such as paralegals and law clerks, can...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:57:55 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Court Permits ERISA Breach-of-Fiduciary Claims to Proceed</title>
<description><![CDATA[This case stems from a denial of coverage for a gastric bypass surgery under an ERISA-governed health plan.&nbsp; The plaintiff, Lynda Hilton, underwent the procedure in 2002 and incurred medical bills of over $30,000.&nbsp; The claims administrator for the plan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:07:38 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Federal Court Finds Surveillance Did Not Justify Termination of ERISA Disability Claim</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting ERISA disability case out of&nbsp;Wisconsin.&nbsp; The plaintiff, Mark Holoubek, suffered from the effects of fibromyalgia and chronic headaches diagnosed by his physicians.&nbsp; He eventually left his job as a materials manager for Johnson Controls, Inc.&nbsp;Holoubek engaged...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:03:36 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Claimant Fails to Respond to Summary Judgment Motion, Loses ERISA Disability Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[James O'Rear, a 63 year-old former employee of Lockheed Martin, submitted a claim for long-term disability benefits under his employer's ERISA plan.&nbsp; He had physical problems due to a spinal-related condition.&nbsp; The insurer paid disability benefits for approximately two years,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Arguing No &quot;Evidence of Insurability,&quot; Insurer Defeats ERISA Life Insurance Lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[This case arises out of a disputed claim for life insurance benefits under an ERISA plan.&nbsp; Shortly after Michael Kehoe was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he&nbsp;elected to increase the amount of his life insurance benefits offered through his employer's&nbsp;plan.&nbsp; He...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:21:34 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Unum Life Prevails in ERISA Disability Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[In Poniewierski v. Unum Life Assurance Company of America, 2006 WL 2385045 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 17, 2006), an ERISA disability lawsuit, the federal district court held in favor of the insurance carrier, Unum Life.&nbsp; The plaintiff, Mark Poniewierski, sustained injuries...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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