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District Court Finds Employer Breached Its Fiduciary Duty Under ERISA By Failing to Provide Adequate Information Regarding Conversion of Group Life Insurance Coverage

District Court Finds Employer Breached Its Fiduciary Duty Under ERISA By Failing to Provide Adequate Information Regarding Conversion of Group Life Insurance Coverage

In Watson v. EMC Corp., No. 1:19-CV-02667-RMR-STV, 2025 WL 1333806 (D. Colo. May 7, 2025), on the parties’ joint motion for determination, Colorado District Judge Regina M. Rodriguez found in…

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Insured Substantially Complied with Life Insurance Policy’s Change-of-Beneficiary Requirements

In Morgan, et al. v. Barrera, et al., No. 21-20497, 2025 WL 1157549 (5th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), a dispute over life insurance benefits under an ERISA-governed plan, the Fifth…

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District Court Denies Insurer’s Motion to Dismiss in ERISA Benefits Case, Highlighting Procedural Complexities and Exhaustion Defense

In Sellers v. Humana Life Insurance Company, et al, No. 1:24-CV-00162-MIS-GBW, 2024 WL 5187608 (D.N.M. Dec. 20, 2024), New Mexico District Judge Margaret Strickland, in the context of a FRCP…

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Legal Separation Agreement Qualifies As a QDRO

In Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Valois, No. 23-3286, 2024 WL 4678055 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2024), an interpleader action, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination…

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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…

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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In McIver v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 23-55306, 2024 WL 4144075 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2024), an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded this case…

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