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		<title>Fifth Circuit Permits ERISA and State Law Claims Against United Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, reversing a lower court decision, has ruled that ERISA does not preempt certain state statutory and common law claims for negligent misrepresentation and other unfair and deceptive practices. http://www.erisawonk.com/]]></description>
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		<title>Stop-loss Insurance and Self-insuring: Will Regulators Ever Understand It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits Thompson Publishing                  November 2011      Vol. 19, No. 2 The federal agencies in charge of implementing health reform and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) keep saying stop-loss policies with low attachment points mean an employer-sponsored health plan is really not self-funded. Contributing Editor Adam V. Russo and Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERISA-Fifth Circuit Holds That Accidental Death Benefit Is Not Payable Due To Exclusion In The Plan For Drunk Driving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.erisalawyerblog.com  May 3, 2011   By Stanley D. Baum May 3, 2011  In Redeaux v. Southern National Life Insurance Company, No. 10-30670 (5th Cir. 2011), the Court faced the question of whether an accidental death benefit was payable from a plan subject to ERISA (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). In this case, Bryan Redeaux (&#8220;the Insured&#8221;) died in 2002. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>District Court Permits Supplementation Of Record But With Instruction On Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmonfils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.healthplanlaw.com January 7, 2011 • Roy Harmon III ERISA provides federal courts with jurisdiction to review benefits determinations made by fiduciaries or plan administrators. 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B); see also Lopez ex rel. Gutierrez v. Premium Auto Acceptance Corp., 389 F.3d 504, 509 (5th Cir. 2004). A district court’s function when reviewing ERISA claims is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metropolitan Life Case Brings A New Standard to Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Bench &#8211; The Self-Insurer Volume 26* August 2009 By John H. Eggertsen, Esq. and Michael Friedman, Esq. II. Fifth Circuit Rejects Benefit Decision For Procedural Defects; Can&#8217;t Even Assess If Determination was Arbitrary And Capricious In Lafleur v. Louisiana Health Service Indemnity Company, d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of La., 563 F.3d 148 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer Defends Representation in Amputee Case Former Client sued William Hollifield Over Settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Andrea Jackson, Times-News, www.magicvalley.com A Twin Falls lawyer is fighting a lawsuit slapped against him by a former client claiming negligence, and has filed paperwork to dismiss the case in Twin Falls 5th District Court. William Hollifield, of the Hollifield Law Office in Twin Falls, is being sued by Amanda Fomichev, a former client [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cases Involving Intoxication</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/federal-circuits/4th/cases-involving-intoxication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Arnold v. Hartford Life Insurance Co.( 542 F. Supp. 2d 471 (W.D. Va. 2008), Hartford denied a beneficiary&#8217;s claim for accidental death benefits, concluding that the insured&#8217;s death was not due to an &#8220;injury&#8221; as defined in the policy. The insured died at the scene of a motorcycle crash. The immediate cause of death [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5th Circuit Decision in Vioxx Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Avmed, Inc. V. BrownGreer, PLC, 2008 WL 4909535 (5th Cir. 2008), the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hurt the health insurance subrogation industry when it comes to Vioxx claims.  The court recognized that ERISA health plans have legitimate rights of subrogation and reimbursement for medical expenses paid to participants who suffered health issues after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Court Asserts Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Subrogation Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most lawsuits to recover damages in car accidents are resolved in state courts.  State courts will order that at least a portion of the judgment be deposited into court when it appears that a health plan may have the right to reimbursement.  But can a state court override the right of the health plan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Post MetLife v. Glenn 5th Circuit Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 22, 2008 the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in Young v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et. al. The case involved an ERISA claim for accidental death and dismemberment (AD&#38;D) benefits in the amount of $25,000. The decedent suffered from a history of severe hypertension. He stopped taking his medication, became very ill and began [...]]]></description>
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