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Third Circuit Holds that duPont Family Did Not Create an ERISA Retirement Plan for Certain Domestic Employees

In Dunne v. Elton Corporation, et al., No. 23-1499, 2024 WL 4224619 (3d Cir. Sept. 18, 2024), the Third Circuit decided a dispute over pension benefits promised by the matriarch…

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Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Denial of Accidental Death Benefits Where Morbid Obesity Contributed to Insured’s Death

In Wicks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 23-11247, 2024 WL 4212891 (5th Cir. Sept. 7, 2024), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s denial of…

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District Court Finds Reliance Standard Erred in Denying Plaintiff’s Long-Term Disability Claim Due to The Effects of Long-COVID

In Cogdell v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 1:23-CV-01343 (AJT/JFA), _F.Supp.3d_, 2024 WL 4182589 (E.D. Va. Sept. 11, 2024), on cross-motions for judgment pursuant to FRCP Rule 52, Virginia…

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Ninth Circuit Revives Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Boeing for Failing to Investigate Dependent Life Insurance Coverage

In McIver v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 23-55306, 2024 WL 4144075 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2024), an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded this case…

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Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of ERISA Lawsuit Alleging Excessive Recordkeeping Fees

In Barrett v. O’Reilly Auto., Inc., No. 23-2501, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3980839 (8th Cir. Aug. 29, 2024) (Before: Benton, Arnold, and Stras, Circuit Judges), the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district…

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District Court Finds Unum Erred in Terminating Cancer Patient’s Claim for Partial Disability Benefits

In Hardy v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 23-CV-563 (JRT/JFD), 2024 WL 4043540 (D. Minn. Sept. 4, 2024), on cross-motions for judgment pursuant to FRCP Rule 52, Minnesota…

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