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District Court Finds ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Equitable Estoppel Claims Against Insurer Survive Despite Policy Termination

District Court Finds ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Equitable Estoppel Claims Against Insurer Survive Despite Policy Termination

In Fleming et al. v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co. et al., No. CV 23-2558, 2025 WL 2165947 (E.D. Pa. July 29, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…

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Fifth Circuit Finds Insurer Waived Cancellation Right Under ERISA by Accepting Premiums After Eligibility Lapsed

In Edwards v. Guardian Life Insurance of America, No. 24-60381, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 1718263 (5th Cir. June 20, 2025), the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court decision in favor of…

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District Court Affirms Widow’s ERISA Claim Against Dell, Dismisses MetLife from Life Insurance Coverage Dispute

In Avila v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company & Dell Inc., No. 1:24-CV-0242-DAE, 2025 WL 1663104 (W.D. Tex. June 12, 2025), Texas Western District Senior Judge David Alan Ezra issued a mixed…

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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

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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