ERISA Life Insurance Denial Upheld on a Reading the Court Called “Low on the Reasonableness Scale”
ERISA Life Insurance Denial Upheld on a Reading the Court Called “Low on the Reasonableness Scale”
In Richards v. Lifepoint Health Welfare Benefits Plan, No. 3:25-CV-03541-X, 2026 WL 1480796 (N.D. Tex. May 27, 2026), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, per…
When a Life Insurance Policy Falls Outside ERISA: Texas District Court Applies the Sole-Owner Exception and Resolves Beneficiary Dispute Under State Law
In Principal Life Insurance Co. v. Jones, No. 3:25-cv-00221, 2026 WL 1480286 (S.D. Tex. May 27, 2026), Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison recommended that summary judgment be granted to the…
When Interpleader Serves the Insurer More Than the Beneficiary: Court Denies MetLife Fees in ERISA Life Insurance Dispute
In Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Diane Cooper, et al., No. 1:25cv1161, 2026 WL 1346605 (M.D.N.C. May 14, 2026), a federal magistrate judge drew a clear line between interpleader as…
Western District of Kentucky Upholds Rescission of Supplemental Life Coverage Based on Material Misrepresentation in Evidence of Insurability
In Florentino v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., No. 3:24-CV-643-CHB, 2026 WL 751918 (W.D. Ky. Mar. 17, 2026), the Western District of Kentucky addressed a familiar but often heavily…
N.D. Georgia Holds ERISA § 502(a)(3) Claim Duplicative of Benefits Claim and Finds Negligent Misrepresentation Claim Preempted
In Atkins v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. 1:25-CV-2912-TWT, 2026 WL 280492 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 3, 2026), and ERISA life insurance dispute, the plaintiff—acting as the surviving spouse and…
Court Recognizes Plausible Fiduciary Breach Based on Failure to Affirmatively Disclose Waiver-of-Premium Life Insurance Benefit in Special Circumstances
In Atkins v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America, No. 1:25-CV-2912-TWT, 2026 WL 86659 (N.D. Ga. Jan. 12, 2026), the Northern District of Georgia granted in part and denied in part…
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