Little v. UNUMProvident Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the proper party defendant in an ERISA action concerning benefits is the party that is shown to control administration of the plan”
• holding that \the proper party defendant in an ERISA action concerning benefits is the party that is shown to control administration of the plan\
• holding that a fiduciary who decided to terminate benefits was a proper defendant
• holding “plaintiff has no right to a jury trial on her ERISA claims” for “recovery of benefits denied under the policies and for breach of fiduciary duty”
• holding a plaintiffs state common law claims preempted by ERISA, but construing the complaint as stating an ERISA claim for recovery of benefits and allowing that claim to survive a motion to dismiss

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).