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Second Circuit Upholds Denial of Disability Pension Benefits Due to Participant’s Intermittent Work in Electricity Industry
In Ford v. Pension Hospitalization & Benefit Plan of the Elec. Indus. Pension Tr. Fund Plan & Joint Indus. Bd. of the Elec. Indus., No. 21-3142, 2023 WL 2230280 (2d…
Court Finds Reliance Standard Abused Its Discretion in Failing to Consider Long-Term Disability Claimant’s Risk of Future Harm from Cardiac Condition
In Aisenberg v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 1:22-CV-125, 2023 WL 2145499 (E.D. Va. Feb. 21, 2023), involving a dispute over long-term disability benefits, Virginia Eastern District Judge T.S.…
Eighth Circuit Finds Additional Time to Convert Group Life Coverage Did Not Extend Policy’s 31-day Automatic Death Benefit Period
In Powell v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., No. 22-2096, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 2174841 (8th Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether a letter from an…
Fourth Circuit: In Suit for ERISA Plan Benefits, Court Cannot Equitably Toll Deadline to Convert Life Insurance Policy to Individual Coverage
In Hayes v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 21-2406, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 2175736 (4th Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the question of whether,…
Eighth Circuit: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Is Not Required Where ERISA Plan Contains No Review Procedures & Accidental Heroin Overdose Is Not an “Intentionally Self-Inflicted Injury”
In Yates v. Symetra Life Insurance Company, No. 22-1093, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 2174840 (8th Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed two questions: Is an ERISA…
District Court Rejects Aetna’s Interpretation of ERISA Plan Provision Requiring Social Security Disability Award for Continued Receipt of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In Robinson v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 20-CV-4670, 2023 WL 2058310 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2023), Illinois Northern District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer found that Aetna abused…
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