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- Employee's COBRA Notice Claim Dismissed Because Employer Offered Sufficient Evidence That Notice Was Properly Sent
- From the June 04, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- As one of many allegations in this employment lawsuit, the employee claimed that his former employer failed to provide a COBRA election notice after the employee was terminated. In response, the employer argued that it had complied with its notice ...
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- Court Finds No COBRA Qualifying Event Where Health Insurance Was Canceled Due to Employer's Non-Payment of Premiums
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case sued his former employer in state court, alleging that the employer breached an employment agreement by terminating the employee’s health coverage about two months before the employee terminated employment. In documents originally filed ...
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- Employer Loses Bid to Avoid Trial on Alleged Failure to Provide COBRA Initial and Election Notices
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- An employee voluntarily resigned and then brought numerous claims against his employer, including claims that the employer never provided COBRA initial notices (to him or his spouse) while he was employed or COBRA election notices (to him, his spouse, or ...
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- Election Notice Sent to Last-Known Address of Employee Terminated After Medical Leave Complied With COBRA
- From the May 21, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case, who worked in the stockroom of a shoe store, took repeated leaves of absence after he was injured when a ladder fell and hit him on the head while he was working. He was eventually ...
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- COBRA Notice Was Sufficient Despite Employee's Claim That He Never Received It
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- A terminated employee brought numerous claims against his employer, including a claim that his employer did not provide a COBRA election notice when he was terminated. The employer maintained that a COBRA election notice was timely mailed to the employee ...
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- COBRA Initial Notice Provided to New Employee Within 19 Days of Becoming Covered by Group Health Plan Was Timely
- From the May 07, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- Along with several other claims asserted in this employment dispute, the employee alleged that his former employer had not provided a timely COBRA initial notice and that his enrollment date under the employer’s health plan should have occurred ...
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- COBRA Not Required Following Sham Termination of Employment
- From the April 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case worked for an employer that received payroll and human resources services from an employee leasing organization. The employee participated in a health plan sponsored by the leasing organization, premiums for which were deducted from his ...
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- No Penalties for Employer That Did Not Provide COBRA Election Notice for Life Insurance Plan
- From the April 23, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- After a life insurance plan participant died, his beneficiaries sued his employer, seeking death benefits under the plan and statutory penalties for failure to provide a COBRA election notice. The beneficiaries argued that the employer violated COBRA when it failed ...
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- COBRA Notice Stopped Accrual of Penalties, Even Though Employer Later Issued Revised Notice
- From the April 16, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was terminated and, during her exit interview, was told that she would be eligible for COBRA benefits, but was not provided an election notice. More than two months later, the employer, who was also the ...
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- Health Plan Insurer Could Not Terminate COBRA Coverage When Qualified Beneficiary Became Covered Under Medicaid
- From the February 12, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- A mother sued her health plan insurer after it denied medical benefits for her minor son, who incurred overwhelming medical expenses after a near drowning accident. The son was a COBRA qualified beneficiary who had elected COBRA coverage under the ...
