Federal Courthouse - Alexandria, Virginia
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(03-03-2023 - VA)
Horacio Eugenio Sobol v. Christine Marie Sobol
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Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with challenging the valuation and distribution of certain assets.
The parties were married in August 1998 and separated approximately twenty years later, on
July 1, 2018. Three children were born of the marriage.
Wife had earned a ... More...
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(03-12-2022 - VA)
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Tim P. Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.
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After owners of a closely held corporation sold the company to its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a participant in the ESOP brought this action. The participant contended that the trustee chosen for the ESOP by the corporation breached its fiduciary duties to the ESOP and overpaid ... More...
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(03-22-2019 - VA)
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Armand Santoro v. Accenture Federal Services, LLC
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Dr. Armand Santoro appeals the district court’s order granting the motion by Accenture Federal Services, LLC (Accenture) to compel arbitration. Because we agree with the district court that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) does not invalidate the arbitration agreement between Accenture and Santoro, we affirm.
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Santoro began hi... More...
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(05-05-2014 - VA)
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Francine Helton v. AT&T, Inc.
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After first learning in 2009 that she had been entitled to begin collecting her full pension benefits nearly eight years earlier, plaintiff Francine Helton contacted her pension plan seeking to recoup her lost benefits. The pension plan denied Helton’s claim, and Helton, in turn, brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") against defendants AT&T Inc.,... More...
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(03-06-2013 - VA)
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Scott Andochick, M.D. v. Ronald Byrd
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Scott Andochick brought this declaratory judgment action, asserting that ERISA preempted a state court order requiring him to turn over benefits received under ERISA retirement and life insurance plans owned by his deceased ex-wife, Erika Byrd. ERISA obligates a plan administrator to pay plan proceeds to the named beneficiary, here Andochick. The only question before us is whether ERISA prohibits ... More...
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(03-05-2013 - VA)
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Keith Nahigian v. Juno-Loudoun, L.L.C.
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Keith and Courtney Nahigian bought undeveloped land from Juno-Loudoun, LLC ("Juno") in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 2007. The Nahigians sued Juno in 2009 under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act ("ILSFDA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1701, and the district court awarded the Nahigians summary judgment on their rescission claim. Juno appeals the grant of summary judgment, arguing primarily that Juno’... More...
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(05-01-2012 - VA)
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Cheyep Nkopchieu v. Raymond Bernard Minlend
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In this domestic relations proceeding, the circuit court in its final order of divorce denied a motion by Cheyep Nkopchieu (mother) to enter a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) permitting her to attach a retirement account belonging to Raymond Bernard Minlend (father) for the sole purpose of paying father’s very considerable child support arrearage of over $28,000. On appeal, we hold tha... More...
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(12-20-2011 - VA)
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Mary Wuesenberry v. Volvo Trucks North America Retiree
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The question in this case is whether a collective bargaining agreement permitted Volvo to make unilateral changes to the health benefits of retirees from its New River Valley assembly plant after the agreement expired. After a jury determined that the parties did not intend to grant Volvo that power, the district court ordered the restoration of any health benefits lost due to Volvo’s changes an... More...
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(07-11-2011 - VA)
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Patricia Woods v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989), establishes
the principle that courts review de novo an ERISA1 benefits
determination unless the plan confers discretionary authority on its
administrator. In this case we again confront the question of exactly
what language is sufficient under Firestone to confer discretion on a
plan administrator - and thus trigger an abuse-of-dis... More...
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(06-24-2008 - VA)
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Patricia Woods v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989), establishes
the principle that courts review de novo an ERISA1 benefits
determination unless the plan confers discretionary authority on its
administrator. In this case we again confront the question of exactly
what language is sufficient under Firestone to confer discretion on a
plan administrator and thus trigger an abuse-of-discre... More...
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(06-13-2008 - VA)
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LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., et al.
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In Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Russell, 473 U. S. 134 (1985), we held that a participant in a disability plan that paid a fixed level of benefits could not bring suit under 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement IncomeSecurity Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 891, 29 U. S. C.1132(a)(2), to recover consequential damages arising from delay in the processing of her claim. In this case we con-sid... More...
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(02-21-2008 - VA)
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Debra L. Jolly v. Compaq Computer Corporation
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In case number 01-2281, Debra L. Jolly appeals the district court's
order dismissing her claim against Compaq Computer Corporation
filed pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, 29 U.S.C.A. 1001-1461 (West 1999 & Supp. 2002)
(ERISA). Jolly claims that the district court erred in granting summary
judgment to Compaq and concluding that Compaq did not violate
the tene... More...
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(01-14-2003 - VA)
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Ivy Cooper, et al v. Robert Kossan, et al
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ERISA, Conversion, Federal and State law Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Plaintiffs were four participants of the Matrix Corporation 401(k) Pension Plan. They had vested balances totaling $199,000. Despite their requests for disbursement, the defendants refused to release any of their funds giving the participants a continuing variety of excuses. Investigation revealed that the fiduciaries had taken... More...
$594514
(12-15-1998 - VA)
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