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Reliance Standard Ekes Out Victory in Long-Term Disability Dispute

Reliance Standard Ekes Out Victory in Long-Term Disability Dispute

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company recently prevailed in a long-term disability dispute in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In Wright v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 19-14643, --F.App’x--,…

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ERISA Watch – In Matter of First Impression, Seventh Circuit Rules that ERISA Does Not Preempt the Illinois Slayer Statute

This week’s notable decision is Laborers’ Pension Fund v. Miscevic, No. 17-2022, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 578775 (7th Cir. Jan. 29, 2018).  In this case, Zeljko Miscevic worked as a union…

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ERISA Watch – Play or Pay – Claimants and Administrators Must See the Administrative Process Through

Follow me to Tennessee!  This week’s notable decisions are far apart on the spectrum, yet more similar than you might think, and not just because they’re both out of Tennessee…

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ERISA Watch – Court Denies Insurer Equitable Trust over Erroneously Paid Life Insurance Benefits Since It Seeks Unavailable “Legal” Relief

This weeks’ notable decision is Opheim v. Standard Ins. Co., No. C 16-4145-MWB, __F.Supp.3d__, 2018 WL 396231 (N.D. Iowa Jan. 9, 2018).  In this matter, Plaintiff Opheim seeks payment of…

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ERISA Watch – Sixth Circuit Declines to Adopt “Substantial Compliance” Test for Requirements of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order

This week’s notable decision is Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Jackson, No. 17-3120, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 6347728 (6th Cir. Dec. 13, 2017), where the Sixth Circuit determined that…

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ERISA Watch – Post CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, Are Circuit Courts Split on Simultaneous Pleading of ERISA Claims for Benefits and Equitable Relief?

This week’s notable decision, Swenson v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., No. 17-30374, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 5988351 (5th Cir. Dec. 4, 2017), involves ERISA preemption and simultaneous pleading of…

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