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District Court Affirms Insurer’s Application of ERISA Disability Policy’s Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion

District Court Affirms Insurer’s Application of ERISA Disability Policy’s Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion

In Tunkle v. Reliastar Life Insurance Company, No. 2:23-CV-10-SPC-NPM, 2024 WL 3638011 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 2, 2024), on cross-motions for summary judgment, a Florida Middle District Judge granted Defendant Reliastar’s motion,…

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Third Circuit Reverses District Court, Finds Lincoln Financial Group Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Hawks v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc, et al., No. 23-2636, 2024 WL 3664599 (3d Cir. Aug. 6, 2024), an unpublished opinion, the Third Circuit vacated and remanded the…

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District Court Grants Insurer’s Motion to Transfer Venue in ERISA Benefits Action Finding Significant Connection to Transferee District

In Cline v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 23-CV-15091, 2024 WL 3455089 (N.D. Ill. July 18, 2024), Illinois Northern District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, granted Defendant Prudential’s motion to…

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Eighth Circuit Affirms Award of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based on Determination that Plaintiff Was Disabled from Sedentary Work Due to her Physical Ailments

In Weyer v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 23-2862, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3577374 (8th Cir. July 30, 2024), the Eighth Circuit considered Reliance Standard’s challenge of the district court’s…

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Third Circuit Finds ERISA Plan Abused Its Discretion Terminating Disability Benefits by Considering Wrong Job as Plaintiff’s Own Occupation

In Mullins v. Consol Energy, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan, No. 22-2930, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3564555 (3d Cir. Mar. 22, 2024), an opinion issued on March 22, 2024, which the…

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District Court Finds Unum Wrongfully Terminated Disability Benefits for Attorney Disabled After Breast Cancer Treatment

In Wessberg v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, No. CV 22-94 (JRT/DLM), 2024 WL 3444044 (D. Minn. July 15, 2024), District Judge John R. Tunheim, found in favor of…

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