Representative Cases and Articles
Rep cases:
Ducre v. SBC-Southwestern Bell, SA-04-CA-835XR
Dukes v. Metlife, SA-03-CA-0636-RF
Liebenguth v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, SA-05-CA-0482-RF
Verastegui vs. SBC Disability Income Plan, SA-03-CA-1104-WWJ
Atkins vs. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan et al.
11-51202 (FED5)
Nautilus Ins. Co. v. Country Oaks Apts. Ltd., 566 F.3d 452 (5th Cir. 2009)
Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of America v. Baptist Health Systems,
313 F.3d 295 (5th Cir. 2002)
Sanchez v. Life Ins. Co. of North America, 09-51010 (FED5)
Porterfield v. Ethicon Inc., 183 F.3d 464 (5th Cir. 1999)
Articles:
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “ERISA’s claim procedures and non-compliance: when should deference be forfeited?” Journal of Texas Insurance Law (Spring 2018)
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “Forty Years of ERISA Jurisprudence: A Legacy of Limited Protections But the Steady Erosion of Contract Rights” Journal of Texas Insurance Law (Fall 2015)
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “Shortcomings of Defense Base Act Insurance – The Struggles of Two Young Interpreters Journal of Texas Insurance Law” 12.2 (2013)
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “ERISA Preemption After Rush Prudential Walking on the Rim of the Vortex” Journal of Texas Consumer Law” 6.2 (2003): 64-71.
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “An Unwillingness to Live with Ambiguity: A Critical Review of Some Recent Fifth Circuit Insurance Coverage Decisions“Journal of Texas Consumer Law 8.3 (2005): 151-155.
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “ Exiled to ERISA’s Stark Terrain: My Revelation and Maria’s Sorrow” Journal of Texas Consumer and Commercial Law (State Bar of Texas) 11.3 (2008): 114-126
Dahl, Jeffrey E. The NFL and ERISA: Disabled Players Thrown for Another Loss” Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law (State Bar of Texas) Vol. 13, Number 3, pages 114-125. (2010)
Dahl, Jeffrey E. “Building the Magnetic Shield: Investigations of ERISA’s Departure from its original Purpose by Review of Disagreements Between the Fifth Circuit and the US. Supreme Court“, Journal of Texas Insurance Law, Vol. 11, Number 1, pages 16-32 (2011)