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Federal Reserve Disability Plan Falls Outside ERISA, But Court Applies ERISA-Style Review to Reverse Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits

Federal Reserve Disability Plan Falls Outside ERISA, But Court Applies ERISA-Style Review to Reverse Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Taylor v. Long Term Disability Income Plan for Employees of the Federal Reserve System, 2026 WL 2607035 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 3, 2026), United States District Judge Louis L. Stanton denied…

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ERISA Long-Term Disability Denial Reversed: Utah Court Remands Equitable’s Termination for Ignoring Evidence of Claimant’s Mental Condition

In Pickering v. Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America, 2026 WL 2606603 (D. Utah Sept. 3, 2026), United States District Judge Tena Campbell resolved cross-motions for summary judgment in…

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California Court Denies ERISA Disability Benefits Despite Undisputed Tinnitus and Depression Diagnoses

In Camp v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 25-cv-06199-AMO, 2026 WL 2608200 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2026), Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the United States District Court for the Northern…

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Aetna Did Not Act Arbitrarily and Capriciously in Terminating Disability Benefits After Claimant Failed to Provide Proof of Income Over Seven Requests

In Pankey v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, No. 25-11338, 2026 WL 2606845 (11th Cir. Sept. 3, 2026), a per curiam opinion, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of…

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When ERISA’s Venue Rules Send Your Case Somewhere Else: Two District Courts Transfer ERISA Claims Away From the Plaintiff’s Chosen Forum

Two district courts issued ERISA venue rulings within a day of each other, and both moved the case out of the forum the plaintiff picked. In Andersen v. Medical Solutions,…

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ERISA Long-Term Disability Denial Upheld: Eighth Circuit Affirms Unum Termination Where Treating Doctor’s Own Records Supported Sedentary Work

In Halloran v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 25-2550, --- F.4th ---, 2026 WL 2545315 (8th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026), a panel of Chief Judge Colloton and Circuit…

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