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District Court Awards Attorney’s Fees to ERISA Plaintiff, Highlighting Insurer’s Procedural Errors in Benefit Denial as Factor in Award
In Mullins v. The Consol Energy, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan, No. 2:20-CV-1883, 2025 WL 712931 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 5, 2025), Pennsylvania Western District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan granted Plaintiff’s…
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of ERISA-Governed Short Term Disability Benefits, Finding Administrator’s Decision Was Not Arbitrary and Capricious
In Rubin v. Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., No. 24-10433, 2025 WL 689691 (11th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Life Insurance…
Eighth Circuit Affirms Award of Deferred Compensation Plan Benefits to Former Company Executive
In Hankins v. Crain Auto. Holdings, LLC, No. 24-1555, __F.4th__, 2025 WL 649895 (8th Cir. Feb. 28, 2025), the court affirmed the district court’s ruling in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Barton…
Second Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims After Finding Pension Plan Participant Has Article III Standing
In Cudjoe v. Building Industry Electrical Contractors Association, et al., No. 24-921, 2025 WL 655580 (2d Cir. Feb. 28, 2025), a case alleging fiduciary misconduct involving the mismanagement of benefit…
In Life Insurance Dispute, District Court Dismisses ERISA Claims Against Insurer and Allows Fiduciary Breach Claim Against Employer
In Butler v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., et al., No. 0:23-CV-3144 (KMM/DJF), 2025 WL 580892 (D. Minn. Feb. 21, 2025), Minnesota District Judge Katherine Menendez granted Defendant Hartford…
Ninth Circuit Upholds Determination that State Law Claims for Disability Insurance Benefits Are Preempted by ERISA
In Steigleman v. Symetra Life Insurance Company, No. 23-4082, 2025 WL 602175 (9th Cir. Feb. 25, 2025), the Ninth Circuit delved into the complexities of ERISA preemption and the criteria…
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