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First Circuit: ERISA’s 2002 Regulations Give Disability Claimants Chance to Respond to New Evidence Generated During Administrative Review
Yesterday, in Jette v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1713, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5231971 (1st Cir. Nov. 10, 2021), a case involving a long-term disability claim, the Sixth…
Seventh Circuit Affirms Unum’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based Substantially on Paper Reviews
In Feeney v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 20-1685, 2021 WL 5102780 (7th Cir. Nov. 3, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Arthur Feeney appealed the district court’s grant of Unum Life…
Sixth Circuit: District Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over an ERISA Suit That Has Been Remanded to the Plan Administrator
Yesterday, in Card v. Principal Life Ins. Co., No. 20-6217, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5074692 (6th Cir. Nov. 2, 2021), a case involving denied claims for disability benefits under an ERISA-governed…
Ninth Circuit Affirms Attorneys’ Fee Award to ERISA Welfare Plan in Dispute Brought by Health Care Providers
In Almont Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC v. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union-Pacific Maritime Association Welfare Plan, No. 20-55464, 2021 WL 5002216 (9th Cir. Oct. 28, 2021), Plaintiffs-Appellants appealed the district…
Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of AD&D Benefits Due to Substantial Contribution of Preexisting Medical Condition
In Earle v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 20-55868, 2021 WL 4871785 (9th Cir. Oct. 19, 2021), a short unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s…
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Plan Beneficiary’s Estoppel Claim Over Supplemental Life Insurance Benefits
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Talasek v. Nat’l Oilwell Varco, L.P., No. 21-20069, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 4860133 (5th Cir. Oct. 19, 2021), a matter…
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