Court Awards Short Term Disability Benefits Against Intel Disability Plan, Remands Long Term Disability Claim After Finding Claims Administrator Abused Discretion by Dismissing Treating Physicians’ Opinions
Court Awards Short Term Disability Benefits Against Intel Disability Plan, Remands Long Term Disability Claim After Finding Claims Administrator Abused Discretion by Dismissing Treating Physicians’ Opinions
In Gupta v. Intel Short-Term Disability Plan, No. 25-cv-00871-NC, 2026 WL 821590 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 25, 2026), an ERISA action arising from the denial of short-term disability (“STD”) and long-term…
Long COVID LTD Claim Survives Summary Judgment: Hartford’s Flawed Tolling Calculation Triggers ERISA Deemed Exhaustion Rule
In Bianchini v. The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 24-CV-6535 (JGLC), 2026 WL 810303 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 24, 2026), Plaintiff Bianchini, a former director of digital marketing at Blackstone…
District of Idaho Denies Leave to Add New York Life as Defendant in ERISA Disability Case, Finding Proposed Amended Complaint Fails to Plausibly Allege Control Over Benefits Determination
In Gadberry v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 2:25-cv-00391-BLW, 2026 WL 765698 (D. Idaho Mar. 18, 2026), the District of Idaho granted in part and denied without prejudice…
Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits for Long COVID Claim Due to Lack of Objective Evidence of Functional Impairment
In Alexander v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 25-974, 2026 WL 742865 (2d Cir. Mar. 17, 2026), the Second Circuit affirmed a judgment in favor of Unum Life…
Northern District of Indiana Refuses ERISA Discovery Into Insurer’s Reviewing Physician Without Prima Facie Evidence of Bias
In Schulmeier v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 1:24-CV-284-CCB-ALT, 2026 WL 668269 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 9, 2026), a disability claimant challenged the denial of benefits under ERISA and sought…
Fourth Circuit Finds ERISA Administrator Forfeits Deference by Missing Appeal Deadline
In Cogdell v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-1940, ---F.4th----, 2026 WL 588427 (4th Cir. Mar. 3, 2026), a published decision, the Fourth Circuit held that a plan administrator’s…
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