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

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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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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