×
Menu
Search
Home > Blog

Latest Blog Posts

District Court Awards Continued ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits to Flight Attendant Who Developed Avascular Necrosis After Right-Foot Fracture

In Diaz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 21-CV-679 (MJD/JFD), 2023 WL 112586 (D. Minn. Jan. 5, 2023), District Judge Michael J. Davis awarded further long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under…

Read More

Seventh Circuit: 2018 Amendments to ERISA Claims Regulations Apply to Disability Claims Terminated After Effective Date of Amendment

Zall v. Standard Ins. Co., No. 22-1096, _F.4th_, 2023 WL 312368 (7th Cir. Jan. 19, 2023) (Before: Hamilton, St. Eve, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges). In this dispute over the payment…

Read More

District Court Awards ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits to Attorney Suffering from Long-COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms

In Abrams v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. C21-0980 TSZ, 2022 WL 17960616 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 27, 2022), District Judge Thomas S. Zilly determined on de novo review…

Read More

Ninth Circuit: Embezzler of ERISA Plan Lacks Standing to Sue Former Employer for Allocation of Restitution Payments

Lehr v. Perri Electric, Inc., No. 19-17199, 2023 WL 21466 (9th Cir. Jan. 3, 2023) (Before: S.R. Thomas, Bennett, and Sung, Circuit Judges). Colleen Lehr was a former participant in…

Read More

Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of ERISA Attorneys’ Fees to Claimant Where Insurer Reinstated Disability Benefits Shortly after Lawsuit was Filed

In Desharnais v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 22-15336, 2022 WL 17817954 (9th Cir. Dec. 20, 2022), a short unpublished memorandum, the Ninth Circuit found that the district…

Read More

Third Circuit Finds ERISA Waiver of Premium Claim “Deemed” Exhausted and Affirms Award of Life Insurance Benefits

In Rizzo v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 20-1144, 2022 WL 17729430 (3d Cir. Dec. 16, 2022), a dispute over a waiver of premium (“WOP”) claim…

Read More
Roberts Disability Law, P.C.

Get The Help You Need Today

Inner form image

LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE

Contact Us

We know how to get your insurance claim paid. Call today at:
(510) 230-2090

Close Popup