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Romero v. Allstate Insurance

2:01-cv-03894 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2001

Closed Date: 2018

Romero IOn August 01, 2001, thirty-two employees of Allstate Insurance filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued Allstate under the Age Employment in Discrimination Act of 1967 (AEDA) and the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief. The case was initially assigned to Judge John P. Fullham.S…
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EEOC v. Allstate Insurance Co

2:01-cv-07042 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2001

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2018

On December 27, 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit alleged that Allstate sought to convert all of its employee-agents into independent contractors. Employee-agents were informed that they would all be terminated by June 30, 2000. However, if employees signed a broad release, they could continue working for Allstate as independent contractors. The release encompassed all claims und…
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In re FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. Employment Practices Litigation

3:05-md-00527 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2019

This Multi-District Litigation case included over 40 cases arising in more than half of the states in the U.S. Together, those cases challenged various aspects of the decision by FedEx Ground to classify its drivers as independent contractors under a variety of theories and statutes that included (depending on the case) both state and federal law. During the litigation’s long and complex procedural history, several of the cases were certified as class actions, at least in part, and over 2,000 p…
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Apsley v. Boeing Co.

6:05-cv-01368 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 19, 2005, former employees of the Boeing Company filed this class action in the United States District Court of Kansas against Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., the Onex Corporation, and Midwestern Aircraft. The employees alleged violations of various laws during the layoff and rehire process that took place in connection with Boeing's sale of its commercial airplane manufacturing facilities to Onex. In 2005, Boeing sold its Wichita and Oklahoma facilities to Onex, which created Spir…
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Tomlinson v. El Paso Corp.

1:04-cv-02686 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On December 29, 2004, employees of El Paso Corporation filed a lawsuit under ERISA and the ADEA against their employer in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and compensatory relief, claiming that changes made to their pension plans violated federal law. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that their pension plans were negatively impacted when El Paso Corporation changed to…
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Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan

3:04-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 23, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On June 23, 2004, plaintiffs filed this class action complaint against the Monsanto Co. Pension Plan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in regards to age discrimination. The alleged violations stemmed from Monsanto's conversion on January 1, 1997, of its pension plan from a conventional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan.As the case proceeded other cases were consolida…
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Jensen v. Solvay America, Inc.

2:06-cv-00273 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2006

On November 15, 2006, current and former employees of Solvay Chemicals, Inc. filed this lawsuit on behalf of themselves and similarly-situated others in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The plaintiffs sued Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., and Solvay America Companies Pension Plan under the Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory relief, monetar…
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Hall v. BNSF Railway

2:13-cv-02160 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On December 3, 2013, plaintiffs, two employees of BNSF Railway Company who were married to same-sex spouses, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington against the BNSF Railway Company under the federal Equal Pay Act, 29 USC §206(d)(1), §216, and related sections. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, they asked the court to declare that BNSF must pay company spousal benefits, regardless …
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Cozen O'Connor, P.C. v. Tobits

2:11-cv-00045 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 23, 2013

The plaintiff is a Pennsylvania-based law firm who employed the (female) decedent, Ellyn Farley, who married her wife, Jennifer Tobits, in Toronto in 2006. Farley died in 2010. The issue in this case is who should get Farley's death benefits, under an ERISA-covered plan, payable by her former employer, Cozen O'Connor. Cozen filed this action on January 4, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, naming both Farley's parents and Tobits as defendants and seeki…
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Roe v. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield

7:12-cv-04788 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 19, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2015

Plaintiff is an employee of St. John's Medical Center who brought suit under §§ 502 and 510 of ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) when her employer's health care administrator denied coverage to her legal wife. The plaintiff filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 19, 2012. On January 24, 2014, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss, and Plaintiffs filed a cross-motion for a preliminary injunction on the same day.On May 1, …