When Divorce Ends Employer Health Coverage: Court Dismisses Former Spouse’s ERISA Claims as Untimely and Preempted
When Divorce Ends Employer Health Coverage: Court Dismisses Former Spouse’s ERISA Claims as Untimely and Preempted
In Ioannidis v. Benefit Program for Mass General Brigham and Membership Organization Plan (501), No. 25-12197-FDS, 2026 WL 2874084 (D. Mass. Sept. 24, 2026), District Judge Saylor granted the defendants’…
Federal Court Applies De Novo Review, Awards ERISA Mental Health Benefits After Plan Fails to Delegate Discretion to Its Reviewer
In Doe v. The Signature Benefits Plan and the Disney Severance Pay Plan, No. SA CV 24-2230 DMG (DFMx), 2026 WL 2790684 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2026), Chief United States…
Can ERISA Claimants Sue Anonymously? A Court’s Measured Answer in a Mental Health Treatment Denial Case
In J.W. v. Quantum Health, Inc., 2026 WL 2654147 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 9, 2026), United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson confronted a question that ERISA claimants pursuing mental health…
Third Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Hospitals’ ERISA Underpayment Claims Under MRC-1 and MRC-2 Plans, Affirms Dismissal of R&C and Fiduciary-Duty Claims
In Hudson Hospital OPCO, LLC v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, No. 24-2830, 2026 WL 2511311 (3d Cir. Aug. 26, 2026), three New Jersey hospitals—Christ Hospital, Bayonne Medical Center,…
Sixth Circuit Holds ERISA Expressly Preempts Out-of-Network Providers’ Negligent-Misrepresentation and Promissory-Estoppel Claims Based on a Plan Administrator’s Oral Reimbursement Assurances
In Laurel Hill Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. La-Z-Boy Inc., No. 25-1727, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 2427143 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026), several out-of-network medical providers treated a patient covered…
Seventh Circuit Affirms Class Certification but Reverses Summary Judgment Against Alcoa in Pre-1993 Retiree Healthcare Vesting Dispute
In Kaiser v. ALCOA USA Corp., No. 25-1627, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 2364300 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026), Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and a class of former Alcoa…
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