This appeal raises the issue of whether the plan administrator for Defendants-
Appellants, the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan and the NFL Player
Supplemental Disability Plan (collectively, the “Plan”), abused its discretion in denying a
certain type of disability benefits to Plaintiff-Appellee Jesse Solomon. After the plan
administrator determined that Solomon’s disabil... More...    $0 (06-23-2017 - MD)

In 1998, Maryland and the 51 other Settling States entered the MSA, thus settling
their claims for “wrongful marketing and advertising of cigarettes, as well as damages
based upon the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses,” against three major cigarette
manufacturers – Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Lorillard
apprproval of the side agreement, and ... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

On October 12, 2007, John J. Fitzgerald (“Fitzgeraldâ€�), the appellee, was divorced from Lori F. Fitzgerald (“Lori Fitzgeraldâ€� or “the Decedentâ€�) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. A Marital Settlement Agreement (“the Agreementâ€�) was incorporated, but not merged, into the parties’ judgment of absolute divorce. In the Agreement, Fitzgerald granted Lori Fitzgerald his entir... More...    $0 (02-07-2011 - MD)

This appeal presents yet another set of facts upon which we must determine whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., preempts certain state law claims. More specifically, the sole issue we decide in this appeal is whether ERISA preempts a state law breach of contract claim and an alternatively pled state law unjust... More...    $0 (04-14-2008 - MD)

Frances Darcangelo filed this case in Maryland state court against Verizon Communications, Inc., her employer, and CORE, Inc., the administrator of a disability benefits plan that Verizon sponsors for its employees. Darcangelo's complaint alleges violations of Maryland's medical record confidentiality statute, Md. Code Ann., Health- General SS 4-302 and 4-307, and the state's unfair and decep... More...    $0 (05-29-2002 - MD)

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ("BG&E") maintained a group disability plan for the benefit of its employees. Prior to Septem- ber 1, 1997, long-term disability benefits were funded through a group disability policy issued to BG&E by Life Insurance Company of North America, an affiliate of the CIGNA insurance group ("CIGNA"). As an employee of BG&E, Agatha Sokoloski was enrolled in and co... More...    $0 (03-07-2002 - MD)