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Eighth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Undisclosed Damages Auditor and Summary Judgment for Employer in ERISA Delinquent-Contribution Suit

In Board of Trustees of the Iron Workers St. Louis District Council Pension Fund Trust v. Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co., No. 25-1497, 2026 WL 2016237 (8th Cir. July 13,…

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Michigan Federal Court Reinstates ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits After Insurer Applied the Wrong Plan Definition

In Fitzgerald v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 23-13169, 2026 WL 1990460 (E.D. Mich. July 9, 2026), District Judge David M. Lawson granted judgment to a former automotive production worker…

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ERISA AD&D Denial Survives Exhaustion Challenge: Michigan Court Holds Plan Document, Not the SPD, Controls Claims Procedures

In Strong v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 25-12693, 2026 WL 1971254 (E.D. Mich. July 8, 2026), United States District Judge F. Kay Behm resolved two preliminary matters in an…

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms De Novo Disability Denial but Questions Whether Plan Conferred Discretion

In Wang v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 25-11527, 2026 WL 1960673 (11th Cir. July 7, 2026), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the entry of judgment for MetLife on a pro…

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D.C. Circuit Trims $13 Million Multiemployer Judgment, Rejecting Retroactive Interest Hike and Individual Owner Liability on Withdrawal Liability

Trs. of the IAM Nat’l Pension Fund v. M&K Emp. Sols., LLC, No. 23-7146, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 1958520 (D.C. Cir. July 7, 2026) This consolidated appeal arose from…

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Tennessee Federal Court Upholds Unum’s Termination of ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits, Finding No Abuse of Discretion

In Smith v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 1:21-CV-294-KAC-CHS, 2026 WL 1949312 (E.D. Tenn. July 6, 2026), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee…

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