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District Court Partially Affirms ERISA Insurer’s Application of a Limited Benefit Period to Long-Term Disability Claim

In Paulson v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. 122CV877RDAIDD, 2024 WL 422664 (E.D. Va. Feb. 5, 2024), Virginia Eastern District Judge Rossie D. Alston, Jr. granted, in part…

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District Court Affirms ERISA Insurer’s Denial of Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits Due to Lack of Supporting Documentation

In Gray v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, No. 223CV00630MCSPLA, 2024 WL 324899 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 29, 2024), California Central District Judge Mark C. Scarsi awarded judgment for United…

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District Court Affirms Insurer’s Right to Recover Overpaid Long-Term Disability Benefits Based on Award of Social Security Disability Benefits

In Cutway v. Hartford Life & Accident Co., No. 2:22-CV-00113-LEW, 2024 WL 231453 (D. Me. Jan. 22, 2024), Maine District Judge Lance E. Walker awarded judgment for Hartford on Plaintiff’s…

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Ninth Circuit Finds Claim Preclusion Does Not Apply to Second Lawsuit Seeking ERISA-Governed Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Flores v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 22-55779, 2024 WL 222265 (9th Cir. Jan. 22, 2024), the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of Plaintiff-Appellant Kayle…

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Second Circuit Upholds Termination of Retired Union Workers’ Benefits Due to Disqualifying Employment

In Spillane v. New York City Dist. Council of Carpenters, No. 23-247, 2024 WL 221816 (2d Cir. Jan. 22, 2024), Plaintiff-Appellant Patrick Brendan Spillane and his wife sued his union…

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District Court Finds Insurer Owed No Duty to Inform Plan Participant of Life Insurance Conversion Rights Upon Resignation, But Allowed Claim of Equitable Tolling of Conversion Rights Due to Mental Incapacity

In Estate of Maribeth Presnal v. Dearborn National Life Insurance Company et al., No. 3:23-CV-0290-HAB, 2024 WL 124787 (N.D. Ind. Jan. 11, 2024), Indiana Northern District Chief Judge Holly A.…

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