Topeka, Kansas employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on an E.R.I.S.A. wrongful failure to pay benefits.

he Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

ERISA require... More...    $0 (07-10-2023 - KS)

Plaintiffs GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund and the Board of Trustees of
the GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund (collectively the “Fund”) appeal from the
dismissal of their action against Defendants, Coleridge Fine Arts (“Coleridge”)
*This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited,
h... More...    $0 (08-17-2017 - KS)

Paul Levy alleges that he was constructively discharged from the Kansas
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) in retaliation for
advocating for better accommodation for a disabled co-worker. He filed
retaliation claims against SRS under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
and the Rehabilitation Act. The district court granted summary judgment to SRS
on bo... More...    $0 (06-16-2015 - KS)

TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 57 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges in connection with a plan to build an apartment complex in Junction City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


John Wyatt Duncan, Jr., 53, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of money laundering and one count of makin... More...    $0 (10-06-2014 - KS)

The National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA�) placed two federally chartered corporate credit unions, U.S. Central Federal Credit Union (“U.S. Central�) and

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Western Corporate Federal Credit Union (“WesCorpâ€�), into conservatorship. As liquidating agent, NCUA sued 11 defendants on behalf of U.S. Central, alleging federal and state securities violations.1 In a separa... More...    $0 (08-28-2013 - KS)

After her employer denied disability benefits to her, Jana Hague sued the company, Hallmark Cards, Inc., for breach of contract and for unpaid wages. But she was subject to an agreement with Hallmark that required arbitration of any claims "under the law" and "arising out of the employee's employment." Hague contends that there are exclusions from the arbitration requirement that can be found in H... More...    $0 (08-24-2012 - KS)

In 2007, Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing, LLC (Coffeyville Resources) accidentally released about 90,000 gallons of crude oil into floodwaters of the Verdigris River in Coffeyville. In 2010, Benjamin and Marcita Eastman, as Trustees of the Eastman Family 1999 Revocable Trust (the Eastmans), filed an action in federal court alleging the oil spill damaged their pecan grove. Eastman v. C... More...    $0 (09-26-2012 - KS)

Mazen Eissa appeals from a district court judgment in favor of Aetna Life Insurance Company in this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Aetna on Mr. Eissa’s claim for long term disability (LTD) benefits, but we reverse the c... More...    $0 (05-08-2012 - KS)

Plaintiff Robert A. DeMoss appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendant Matrix Absence Management, Inc., (Matrix) on his claim for benefits under the long-term disability group insurance policy funded by his employer, LSI Logic Corporation (the Plan), and administered by Matrix. In its order granting summary judgment for Matrix, the district court held that De... More...    $0 (08-23-2011 - KS)

After two years of providing disability benefits to plaintiff Janice Farr pursuant to a group insurance policy, defendant Hartford Life and Accidental Insurance Company terminated Ms. Farr’s benefits because it determined she was no longer disabled. Following an unsuccessful administrative appeal, Ms. Farr brought this action for judicial review under the civil enforcement provision of the Emplo... More...    $0 (04-22-2009 - KS)

Plaintiff-Appellant Karen Burnett appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Defendant-Appellee Southwestern Bell Telephone (“SWBTâ€�) on her retaliatory discharge claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLAâ€�), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2611 et seq., and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISAâ€�), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.... More...    $0 (02-03-2009 - KS)

Defendant-Appellant Melvin Willard appeals a judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Administrative Committee of the Wal-Mart Associates Health and Welfare Plan ("Plan Administrators"). The district court held that the relief sought by the Plan Administrators constituted "appropriate equitable relief" under § 502(a)(3) of More...    $0 (12-28-2004 - KS)

Marion Mandeville, a former employee of Quinstar Corporation ("Quinstar"), brought suit against Quinstar and its sole shareholder, Ronald Filbrun, after Quinstar terminated his employment. Filbrun moved for and obtained a Rule 56 Summary judgment dismissing him from the litigation. Even though he was dismissed as a party, Filbrun was present at the trials, presumably because he was the principa... More...    $0 (07-15-2004 - KS)

In November 1998, after Cirulis had been employed with UNUM for approximately thirteen years, UNUM announced a merger. Several years prior to this, UNUM had established severance plans covering Cirulis. Under the terms of these plans, the plan administrator, Robert Cornett, retained discretion to determine benefit rights, eligibility, timing and amount of payments, and to construe and interpret... More...    $0 (03-05-2003 - KS)

Constance Bossemeyer brought an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), to recover benefits under a group health plan after Healthcare America Plans, Inc., the plan fiduciary, denied coverage for a high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell rescue procedure used to treat her breast cancer. Healthcare America had filed a declaratory j... More...    $0 (12-15-1998 - KS)

Plaintiffs brought claims against Khosrowshahi and his wife, alleging that he had (1) converted personnel files and other records; (2) misappropriated funds; (3) entered into unauthorized contracts; (4) breached an agreement not to compete with plaintiffs; (5) breached plaintiffs' trademark rights, along with federal unfair trade practice laws, bu using plaintiffs' trademark; (6) breached fiduciar... More...    $155236 (02-01-1999 - KS)