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Robert E. Hoskins

Robert E. Hoskins

Partner
 
Foster Law Firm, LLC
601 East McBee Avenue, Suite 104, P.O. Box 2123
Greenville, South Carolina  29602
(Greenville Co.)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2123, Greenville, SC, 29602

Telephone: 864-242-6200
Fax: 864-233-0290
http://www.scburnlawyer.com
http://www.fosterfoster.com



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Practice AreasEmployee Benefits; ERISA; Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; Life Insurance; Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance; Retirement Benefit Plans; Pension Plans; Insurance; Insurance Bad Faith
 
EducationUniversity of South Carolina, J.D., 1989, University of South Carolina, B.A., 1987
 
Admitted1990, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Claims Court
 
MembershipsGreenville County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar.
 
BornWyandotte, Michigan, March 17, 1965
 
BiographyRob Hoskins has handled ERISA claims for as long as he has been practicing law. He has handled thousands of ERISA and insurance cases of about every type imaginable and at every level including the United States Supreme Court. He regularly handles ERISA and insurance claims involving long term disability, health insurance, life insurance, accidental death and pension/retirement matters. He has handled a number of notable ERISA cases in jurisdictions throughout the United States and has also lectured extensively on ERISA as discussed at his web site.
 
Reported CasesLaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., et. al., - U.S. -, 128 S. Ct. 1020, 169 L.Ed.2d 847 (2008); Evans v. Eaton Corporation Long Term Disability Plan, 514 F.3d 315 (4th Cir. 2008); Wilson v. Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing Co., 513 F.3d 378 (4th Cir. 2008); Donovan v. Eaton Corporation Long Term Disability Plan, 462 F.3d 321 (4th Cir. 2006); Colucci v. Agfa Corporation Severance Pay Plan, 431 F.3d 170 (4th Cir. 2005, cert. denied 2006); Gayle v. United Parcel Service, Incorporated; Flexible Benefits Plan-United Parcel Service Long Term Disability Plan, 401 F.3d 222 (4th Cir. 2005); Bynum v. CIGNA HealthCare of NC, Inc., 287 F.3d 305 (4th Cir. 2002); Holder v. Woodmen of the World, 248 F.3d 1134 (4th Cir. 2001); Lown v. Continental Casualty Company, 238 F.3d 543 (4th Cir. 2001); Tester v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, 228 F.3d 372 (4th Cir. 2000); Cothran v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 31588 (4th Cir. 1999); Rogers v. Department of Health & Environmental Control, 174 F.3d 431 (4th Cir. 1999); Lewis v. Trustmark Ins. Co., 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 15746 (4th Cir. 1999); Graef v. Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Albemarle Corp., 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 31582, 22 E.B.C. 2280 (4th Cir. 1998); Roberts v. National Health Corp., 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 446, 21 E.B.C. 2918 (4th Cir. 1998); Austell v. Raymond James & Associates, 120 F.3d 32 (4th Cir. 1997); Bailey v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Virginia, 67 F.3d 53 (4th Cir. 1995); Wilson v. Office of Civilian Health & Med. Programs of the Uniformed Servs., 65 F.3d 361 (4th Cir. 1995); Wheeler v. Dynamic Engineering, Inc., 62 F.3d 634 (4th Cir. 1995); Hendricks v. Central Reserve Life Ins. Co., 39 F.3d 507 (4th Cir. 1994); Hayes v. Quiros, 947 F.2d 941, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 25408 (4th Cir. 1991); Killian v. Healthsource Provident Administrators, Inc., 152 F.3d 514 (6th Cir. 1998); Physicians Multispecialty Group v. Horton Homes, 371 F.3d 1291 (11th Cir. 2004); Mire v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, 43 F.3d 567 (11th Cir. 1994); Bauman v. MILA National Health Benefit Plan, 2004 W.L. 2453951 (D.S.C. 2004); Mattive v. Healthsource of Savannah, Inc., 893 F. Supp. 1559 (S.D. Ga. 1995); Response Oncology, Inc. v. The Metrahealth Ins. Co., 978 F. Supp. 1052 (S.D. Fla. 1997); Wheeler v. Dynamic Engineering, Inc., 850 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Va. 1994); 62 F.3d 634 (4th Cir. 1995); Mashburn v. Mail Handlers Ben. Plan, 18 E.B.C. 2668 (M.D. Tenn. 1994); Hawkins v. Mail Handlers Ben. Plan & Civilian Health & Med Programs of the Uniformed Servs., 18 E.B.C. 2571 (W.D.N.C. 1994); Response Technologies, Inc. v. BCBS of Missouri, 941 S.W.2d 771 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997); Spinx Oil Co. v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co., 310 S.C. 477, 427 S.E.2d 649 (1993).
 
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