Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Denial of Accidental Death Benefits Where Morbid Obesity Contributed to Insured’s Death
Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Denial of Accidental Death Benefits Where Morbid Obesity Contributed to Insured’s Death
In Wicks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 23-11247, 2024 WL 4212891 (5th Cir. Sept. 7, 2024), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s denial of…
Ninth Circuit Revives Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Boeing for Failing to Investigate Dependent Life Insurance Coverage
In McIver v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 23-55306, 2024 WL 4144075 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2024), an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded this case…
In the words of Yoda: Murder Does Not an ERISA Claim Pay
In Standard Ins. Co. v. Guy, No. 21-5562, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3857926 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2024), an interpleader action involving the proceeds of ERISA-governed benefit plans, the Sixth Circuit considered…
District Court Rules that Guardian Did Not Waive Its Right to Cancel Group Life Insurance Plan Due to Low Participation
In Edwards v. Guardian Life Insurance of America, No. 1:22-CV-145-KHJ-MTP, 2024 WL 3404606 (N.D. Miss. July 12, 2024), Mississippi Northern District Judge Kristi H. Johnson, granted summary judgment to defendant…
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dearborn Insurance Company’s Denial of Life Insurance Waiver of Premium Benefits
In Wilcox v. Dearborn Insurance Company; Amgen, Inc. Life Insurance Plan, No. 23-55484, 2024 WL 2130598 (9th Cir. May 13, 2024), an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district…
District Court Allows Life Insurance Beneficiaries to Allege an Alternative ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Unum
In Morales v. CoAdvantage Corp., No. 6:24-cv-117-JA-DCI, 2024 WL 1678250 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 18, 2024), Florida Middle District Judge John Antoon, II granted in part Defendants’ motions to dismiss finding…
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