The following is a list of COBRA-related court cases.

• Bowerman v. Wal-Mart
  Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Decision Appears To Increase Employers’ COBRA Notification Requirements

• Geissal v. Moore Medical
  U.S. Supreme Court ruling on "Other Coverage"

• Vincent v. Wells Fargo Guard Services, Inc. 23 Ebc 1364 (DC SFLA 1999)
  Do COBRA penalties apply where Qualified Beneficiaries incurred no actual damages because of the compliance failure?
  

• DeGruise v. Sprint Corp., 23 Ebc 1277 (DC ELA 1999)
  Proof that first class mail, and not certified mail, should be used to send initial COBRA notices and Qualifying Event notices

• Coker v. TransWorld Airlines, Inc. 1999 U.S. APP. Lexis 492 (7^TH CIR. Jan. 15, 1999)
  Administrative errors do not necessarily create entitlements

• Jones v. OfficeMax, Inc. 1999 U.S. DIST. Lexis 2239 (D. UTAH 1999)
  No good deed goes unpunished

• Leo v. Laidlaw, Inc. 1999 U.S. DIST. Lexis 2630 (N.D. ILL. 1999)
  Procedural defenses to COBRA claims

Content is excerpted from COBRA Quarterly and The COBRA Procedures Manual.

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