Abstract
The article discusses certain employee benefits federal court cases litigated under the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) during the period 2006-2010, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch. It presents differences between disability plan litigation and litigation involving other types of plans. It discusses general descriptive statistics and the statistical associations mentioned within the subset of ERISA cases.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Employee fringe benefit lawsuits
- Descriptive statistics
- Disability retirement
- United States. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. -- Trials, litigation, etc.