Teresa Susan Renaker's Legal Cases (9)

Employee benefits

Bafford v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 994 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2021)

Apr 15, 2021

OUTCOME: Professional negligence and negligent misrepresentation claims against plan service provider held not preempted by ERISA

Employee benefits

Reed v. KRON/IBEW Local 45 Pension Plan, 770 Fed. Appx. 374 (9th Cir. 2019)

May 16, 2019

OUTCOME: ERISA-governed pension plan with California choice-of-law provision must pay surviving spouse annuity to deceased participant's registered domestic partner.

Employee benefits

Vaughn v. Bay Environmental Management, Inc., 567 F.3d 1021 (2009)

N/A

OUTCOME: Class action for breach of fiduciary duty in investing plan assets allowed to go forward.

Employee benefits

Taylor v. ANB Bancshares, Inc., 2010 WL 4053575 (W.D. Ark. Oct. 14, 2010), 2010 WL 4054362 (W.D. Ark. Sept. 20, 2010)

N/A

OUTCOME: Class action for breach of fiduciary duty certified; motion to dismiss denied.

Employee benefits

Lively v. Dynegy, Inc., 2007 WL 685861 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 2, 2007), 420 F. Supp. 2d 949 (S.D. Ill. 2006)

N/A

OUTCOME: Class action for breach of fiduciary duty certified; motion to dismiss denied.

Employee benefits

Paulsen v CNF Inc., 559 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2009)

N/A

OUTCOME: Dismissal reversed; claim for actuarial malpractice allowed to proceed

Employee benefits

Barling v. UEBT Retiree Health Plan, 145 F. Supp. 3d 890 (N.D. Cal. 2015)

N/A

OUTCOME: Summary judgment for plaintiff in class action for retiree medical benefits

Employee benefits

Cozen O’Connor, P.C. v. Tobits, 2013 WL 3878688 (E.D. Pa. July 29, 2013)

N/A

OUTCOME: Profit-sharing plan account awarded to surviving same-sex spouse

Employee benefits

McVey v. McVey, 26 F. Supp. 3d 980 (C.D. Cal. 2014)

N/A

OUTCOME: Motion to dismiss granted on grounds that plan was not an ERISA plan

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