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California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life or Disability Insurance
California Equal Insurance HIV Act Bars Insurers From Declining Applications For Life Or Disability Insurance, But Permits Insurers To Refuse Or Limit Coverage And Charge Different Rates Based On Sound…
Ninth Circuit Affirms Defined-Benefit Plan Participant Lacks Standing to Bring Breach-of-Fiduciary-Duty Claims
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided an ERISA standing issue in Diaz v. Westco Chemicals, Inc., No. 22-55823, 2023 WL 3615663 (9th Cir. May 24, 2023). The district…
District Court Finds Lincoln National Improperly Terminated LTD Benefits and Remands Matter to Lincoln for Further Claim Administration
In Bombassei v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 22-10593, 2023 WL 3605968 (E.D. Mich. May 23, 2023), Michigan Eastern District Judge Denise Page Hood granted judgment to Plaintiff…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Award of Long-Term Disability Benefits, Statutory Penalties, and Attorneys’ Fees under ERISA
In Laake v. Benefits Committee, Western & Southern Financial Group Company Flexible Benefits Plan, et al., No. 21-4178, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 3559602 (6th Cir. May 19, 2023), a long-term disability…
District Courts Deny Motions to Seal ERISA Administrative Record and Pleadings in Disability Benefit Cases
In today’s blog we discuss two district court cases, both of which deny the parties’ request to seal documents containing personal health information of the plaintiffs. In Schramm v. Metropolitan…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Lincoln Life’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits Due to Claimant’s Failure to Show Continuous Disability during Elimination Period
In Tranbarger v. Lincoln Life & Annuity Co. of New York, No. 22-3369, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 3527418 (6th Cir. May 18, 2023), the Sixth Circuit court of appeals considered whether…
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