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District Court Applies Fiduciary Exception Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Unum’s Legal Communications Prior To Its Final Decision on ERISA LTD Claim

In Hardy v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 23-CV-563 (JRT/JFD), 2023 WL 4841952 (D. Minn. July 28, 2023) Minnesota District Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty granted Plaintiff’s motion…

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Sixth Circuit Revives Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against United HealthCare for Seeking Reimbursement of Medical Expenses Not Required by ERISA Plan

In Patterson v. United HealthCare Ins. Co., No. 22-3167, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 4882436 (6th Cir. Aug. 1, 2023), Plaintiff-Appellant Eric Patterson appealed the district court’s dismissal of his ERISA breach…

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District Court Construes ERISA Plan’s Objective Evidence Requirement Liberally In Favor of Claimant

In Sutton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 222CV00732KJMCKD, 2023 WL 4669994 (E.D. Cal. July 20, 2023), the California Eastern District Court granted judgment in favor of Plaintiff,…

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Third Circuit Affirms Judgment on ERISA Retaliation Claim in Favor of Employee Fired After Incurring Significant Medical Costs for Company

In Kairys v. S. Pines Trucking, Inc., No. 22-1783, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 4718509 (3d Cir. July 25, 2023), Defendant Southern Pines Trucking, Inc. appealed the district court’s judgment for Plaintiff…

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Second Circuit Affirms Multiemployer Pension Plan’s Denial of Retirement Benefits Because Participant Did Not Separate from Covered Employment

In Aracich v. The Board of Trustees of The Employee Benefit Funds of Heat And Frost Insulators Local 12, et al., No. 22-2544-CV, 2023 WL 4692316 (2d Cir. July 24,…

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Sixth Circuit Affirms Sedgwick’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits for Chrysler Employee with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

In Avery v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., et al., No. 22-1960, 2023 WL 4703865 (6th Cir. July 24, 2023), Plaintiff-Appellant Jacqueline Avery filed suit under ERISA § 502(a)(1)(B) against…

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