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Sixth Circuit Finds ERISA Plan Arbitration Clause Unenforceable Because It Precludes Representative Actions

Plaintiff-Appellant Bradley Fleming was frustrated in his attempt to hold the fiduciaries of his former company’s 401(k) Plan liable for alleged breaches of their ERISA fiduciary duties because the Plan…

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District Court Affirms Lincoln National’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits After In-Person Examination Concluded That Plaintiff Did Not Suffer Cognitive Impairment Precluding Work

In Copeland v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., No. 1:19-CV-1033, 2024 WL 4471155 (W.D. Mich. Oct. 11, 2024), Michigan Western District Judge Jane M. Beckering affirmed Defendant Lincoln’s determination…

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District Court Finds MetLife Did Not Abuse Its Discretion In Terminating Benefits Where Multiple Treating Providers Agreed Plaintiff Had No Further Restrictions Precluding Full-Time Work

In Seneca v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. CV 23-00109-BAJ-SDJ, 2024 WL 4335925 (M.D. La. Sept. 27, 2024), Louisiana Middle District Judge Brian A. Jackson granted judgment in favor of…

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Second Circuit Holds Pension Plan Participant Is Not Entitled to Actuarial Increase in Benefits Due to Working Beyond Normal Retirement Age

In Guzman v. Bldg. Serv. 32BJ Pension Fund, et al., No. 23-8032, 2024 WL 4431100 (2d Cir. Oct. 7, 2024), Plaintiff-Appellant Carlos Guzman, proceeding pro se, appealed the district court’s…

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District Court Holds ERISA Plan Participant Adequately Pleaded “Futility” In Pursuing Administrative Remedies and Denies Insurer’s Motion to Dismiss

In Taylor v. Principal Life Insurance Company, No. 3:24CV603 DRL-SJF, 2024 WL 4381223 (N.D. Ind. Oct. 2, 2024), Indiana Northern District Judge Damon R. Leichty denied Principal Life Insurance Company’s Rule…

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Third Circuit Affirms Judgment Awarding Top Hat Plan Participant Additional Benefits, Interest, Attorneys’ Fees, and Costs

In Campbell v. Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr Trust Company, No. 22-2723, 2024 WL 4380142 (3d Cir. Oct. 3, 2024), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided a dispute…

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