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Tenth Circuit Affirms Award of Severance Benefits to Employee Whose Job Duties were Materially and Adversely Diminished Following a Change of Control
In Hoff v. Amended and Restated Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Change of Control Severance Plan, et al., No. 23-1361, 2025 WL 400517 (10th Cir. Feb. 4, 2025), an ERISA-governed severance plan…
Fourth Circuit Reverses Long-Term Disability Benefit Denial Due to Plan’s Failure to Adequately Consider Basis for Social Security Administration’s Award of Benefits
In Smith v. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Welfare Benefits Plan, No. 22-2173, __F.4th__, 2025 WL 379876 (4th Cir. Feb. 4, 2025), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the termination of…
District Court Grants Judgment to ERISA Claimant, Faulting Disability Insurer’s Arbitrary and Capricious Denial of Short-Term Disability Benefits
In Liggett v. Principal Financial Group, No. 22-CV-11183, 2025 WL 275119 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 23, 2025), Michigan Eastern District Judge Sean F. Cox conducted a nuanced exploration of the standards and…
District Court Grants Judgment to ERISA Claimant, Criticizing Insurer’s Arbitrary Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In Berg v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 2:24-CV-00097-SAB, 2025 WL 252481 (E.D. Wash. Jan. 21, 2025), Washington Eastern District Judge Stanley A. Bastian granted judgment to Plaintiff…
District Court Dismisses Lawsuit for Long-Term Disability Benefits Under ERISA Due to Claimant Filing Suit Too Soon
In Frederick v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 4:24-CV-00367-SRC, 2025 WL 71864 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 10, 2025), Missouri Eastern District Chief Judge Stephen R. Clark examined the contentious exhaustion…
Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Is Not Liable under ERISA for Erroneous Benefit Statement Promising Greater Amount of Disability Insurance Benefits
In Higgins v. Lincoln Electric Company, Inc., No. 23-5862, 2025 WL 213846 (6th Cir. Jan. 16, 2025), the court addressed an ERISA-estoppel claim, focusing on the discrepancy between the long-term…
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