Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Plan Beneficiary’s Estoppel Claim Over Supplemental Life Insurance Benefits
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Plan Beneficiary’s Estoppel Claim Over Supplemental Life Insurance Benefits
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Talasek v. Nat’l Oilwell Varco, L.P., No. 21-20069, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 4860133 (5th Cir. Oct. 19, 2021), a matter…
Tenth Circuit: Hartford Fulfilled Its Obligation to Investigate the Existence of Beneficiaries in ERISA Life Insurance Dispute
In Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Jones-Atchison, et al., No. 20-6135, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 4258761 (10th Cir. Sept. 20, 2021), Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company brought an…
Ninth Circuit Finds Employer Waived Life Insurance Policy’s Evidence of Insurability Requirement as Agent of Insurance Company
In Cho v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 20-55314, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 2885855 (9th Cir. July 9, 2021), First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“First Reliance”) appealed the…
Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Determination that Claimant Waived Life Insurance Waiver of Premium Claim
If you have a claim for long-term disability benefits under an employer-provided plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), it is possible that you may qualify or…
Second Circuit Holds Insurer Did Not Abuse Its Discretion Paying Life Insurance Benefits to Decedent’s Adopted Children Over His Estate
In Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al., No. 20-1289, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1941636 (2d Cir. May 14, 2021), the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant, Collette Campbell, sought payment of life insurance…
Second Circuit Finds Aetna Had Discretion to Decide Life Insurance Claim and Did Not Abuse Discretion Denying Accidental Death Benefits
In Tyll v. Stanley Black & Decker Life Ins. Program, Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1060, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1748474 (2d Cir. May 4, 2021), a dispute under the Employee…
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