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Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Determination that Claimant Waived Life Insurance Waiver of Premium Claim
If you have a claim for long-term disability benefits under an employer-provided plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), it is possible that you may qualify or…
Eleventh Circuit Holds Reliance Standard Did Not Abuse Discretion Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits Under “Any Occupation” Standard
In Campbell v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 20-13393, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2099810 (11th Cir. May 25, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Gregory Campbell appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment…
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Self-Funded Health Plan’s Equitable Lien on Member’s Medical Malpractice Settlement Proceeds
In Publix Super Markets, Inc., v. Figareau, et al., No. 20-14212, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2065434 (11th Cir. May 24, 2021), an action brought under ERISA § 502(a)(3), the Eleventh Circuit…
In Long-Term Disability Dispute, Court Orders Guardian Life Insurance Company to Produce Discovery About Its Reviewing Doctors’ Conflict of Interest
In a dispute governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), Martin v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. CV 5:20-507-DCR, 2021 WL 1994229 (E.D. Ky. May…
Second Circuit Holds Insurer Did Not Abuse Its Discretion Paying Life Insurance Benefits to Decedent’s Adopted Children Over His Estate
In Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al., No. 20-1289, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1941636 (2d Cir. May 14, 2021), the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant, Collette Campbell, sought payment of life insurance…
Third Circuit Enforces Equitable Disgorgement Remedy Against Former Employee Who Violated ERISA Plan’s Non-Compete Provision
When Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Wilson sued his former employer, Aerotek, Inc., for violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act and defamation, Aerotek counterclaimed under ERISA alleging that Wilson violated the…
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