Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Is Not Liable under ERISA for Erroneous Benefit Statement Promising Greater Amount of Disability Insurance Benefits
Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Is Not Liable under ERISA for Erroneous Benefit Statement Promising Greater Amount of Disability Insurance Benefits
In Higgins v. Lincoln Electric Company, Inc., No. 23-5862, 2025 WL 213846 (6th Cir. Jan. 16, 2025), the court addressed an ERISA-estoppel claim, focusing on the discrepancy between the long-term…
Tenth Circuit: Unum’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Was Not An Abuse of Discretion
In an unpublished decision, Isbell v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 23-1351, 2025 WL 40379 (10th Cir. Jan. 7, 2025), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Unum…
District Court Overturns Prudential’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits under Employer Plan Based on Well-Documented Evidence from Treating Providers Supporting Total Disability
In Przybyla v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. 3:24-CV-01090-JSC, 2025 WL 28446 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 3, 2025), on Rule 52 cross-motions for judgment, California Northern District Judge Jacqueline…
Second Circuit Affirms Hartford’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In Flowers v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 23-7259, 2025 WL 33236 (2d Cir. Jan. 6, 2025), involving a dispute over long-term disability benefits ("LTD"), the Second Circuit…
District Court Dismisses ERISA And Non-ERISA Claims for Disability Benefits Finding That ERISA Coverage Had Terminated and Plaintiff’s Other Claims Were Preempted, Time-Barred or Not Viable
In Diederichs v. FCA US LLC, No. 23-CV-11287, 2024 WL 5168087 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 19, 2024), Michigan Eastern District Judge Robert J. White adopted the Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendations…
District Court Excludes Post-Exhaustion Evidence in ERISA Disability Case, Highlighting Importance of Procedural Deadlines
In King v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 1:23-CV-00443-GSL-SLC, 2024 WL 5165572 (N.D. Ind. Dec. 19, 2024), Indiana Northern District Judge Gretchen S. Lund addressed procedural issues under the…
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