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District Court Finds Plaintiff Failed to Establish Ongoing Disability Due to Conditions Not Limited Under the Long-Term Disability Plan
In Penland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. CV 8:21-3000-HMH, 2024 WL 3327366 (D.S.C. July 8, 2024), South Carolina District Judge Henry M Herlong, Jr., on remand from the Fourth Circuit,…
Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Putative Class Action Challenging United’s Cross-Plan Offsetting due to Lack of Article III Standing
Smith v. UnitedHealth Grp. Inc., No. 23-2369, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3321646 (8th Cir. July 8, 2024) (Before: Colloton, Chief Judge, Erickson and Kobes, Circuit Judges). Plaintiffs, who are participants in…
Eleventh Circuit Hands Win to Reliance Standard in Dispute over Accidental Death Insurance Benefits Where Body Was Never Found
In Goldfarb v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 23-10309, 2024 WL 3271012 (11th Cir. July 2, 2024), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision ordering…
District Court Finds Reliance Standard Abused Its Discretion in Terminating Disability Benefits by Failing to Consider Ongoing Cognitive Impairment Resulting from Post-Acute COVID Syndrome
In Ward v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. CV SAG-23-2147, 2024 WL 3206709 (D. Md. June 21, 2024) Maryland District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher granted judgment to Plaintiff in…
District Court Finds Insurer’s Termination of ERISA-Governed Long Term Disability Benefits Was Not Arbitrary or Capricious
In Bernitz v. USAble Life & Fullscope RMS, No. 22-CV-10712-DJC, 2024 WL 3106249 (D. Mass. June 24, 2024), Massachusetts District Judge Denise J. Casper granted summary judgment to Defendants finding that…
District Court Dismisses ERISA Action Finding Plaintiff Is Not Entitled to Pre-Litigation Attorneys’ Fees or Hardship Waiver of Social Security Disability Offsets
In Finley v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. CIV-23-967-PRW, 2024 WL 3013841 (W.D. Okla. June 14, 2024), Oklahoma Western District Judge Patrick R. Wyrick granted Defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance…
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