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Eighth Circuit Finds Abuse of Discretion When Insurance Company Stopped Payments of Anesthesiologist’s Disability Benefit After 10 Years

Yesterday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Roehr v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, No. 21-1559, _F.4th_, 2021 WL 6109959 (8th Cir. Dec. 27, 2021) , a matter…

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Doctor Did Not Have Valid Assignment to Pursue ERISA Statutory Penalty Claim Against Plan Administrator

W.A. Griffin v. Seven Corners, Inc., No. 21-2332, 2021 WL 6102167 (7th Cir. Dec. 22, 2021) (Before: Kanne, Rovner, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges). Plaintiff-Appellant W.A. Griffin is a dermatologist who…

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Sixth Circuit Finds Health Plan Forfeited Argument Supporting Equitable Claim Over Personal Injury Settlement Funds

In Sheet Metal Workers’ Health and Welfare Fund of North Carolina, v. Law Office of Michael A. Demayo, LLP, No. 21-5011, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5984357 (6th Cir. Dec. 17, 2021),…

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Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Disability Benefits and Finds Claimant Sought Attorneys’ Fees for Remand Too Late

In Bustetter v. Standard Insurance Company, No. 21-5441, 2021 WL 5873159 (6th Cir. Dec. 13, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Lewis Bustetter appealed from the district court’s grant of judgment to Defendant-Appellee Standard…

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Third Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction Over Interlocutory Appeal of Order Finding ERISA Governs DuPont Pension Trust

In Wright v. Elton Corporation, et al., No. 20-3343, 2021 WL 5822306 (3d Cir. Dec. 7, 2021), the Third Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the interlocutory appeal of First…

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Fourth Circuit Reverses Win for Hartford in Dispute Over Long-Term Disability Benefits

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a claimant-friendly decision in Shupe v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 19-1854, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5774728 (4th Cir. Dec. 7, 2021),…

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