Western District of Louisiana Dismisses Life Insurer After Finding No ERISA Plan and No Plan Administrator Liability
Western District of Louisiana Dismisses Life Insurer After Finding No ERISA Plan and No Plan Administrator Liability
In Aikens v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co., No. CV 24-0580, 2025 WL 3554622 (W.D. La. Dec. 11, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana…
District of Connecticut Holds Pro Se Plaintiff’s ERISA Claims Time-Barred in 20-Year Life Insurance Beneficiary Dispute
In Fromageot v. Britt, No. 3:21-cv-1165-MPS, 2025 WL 3470473 (D. Conn. Dec. 3, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued a significant decision applying Heimeshoff’s enforceability…
Court Upholds MetLife’s Decision to Award ERISA Life Insurance Benefits to Long-Term Partner Over Parents
In a recent decision from the Northern District of Texas, the court affirmed MetLife’s determination that a decedent’s long-term partner—not his parents—was entitled to receive $350,000 in life insurance benefits…
District Court Upholds Slayer Statute to Deny ERISA Life Insurance Proceeds to Convicted Killer
In Stacy v. The Hartford, No. 4:25-CV-6, 2025 WL 2860049 (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 9, 2025), Judge Travis R. McDonough of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee…
Federal Court Blocks Tribal Court Action Over ERISA-Governed Life Insurance Benefits
In Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al. v. Mundahl, et al., No. 3:24-CV-03029-RAL, 2025 WL 2682509 (D.S.D. Sept. 19, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota…
ERISA Settlement Enforced, Fees Awarded—Even After the Client Tried to Back Out
When life insurance proceeds are on the line, it’s tempting to rethink a settlement after feeling burned—but courts don’t cater to second thoughts. In Bennett v. The Prudential Insurance Co.…
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