District Court Finds Insurer Committed Numerous Errors and Abused Its Discretion in Terminating Disability Benefits Based on An Improper Application of The Policy’s Mental Health Limitation
District Court Finds Insurer Committed Numerous Errors and Abused Its Discretion in Terminating Disability Benefits Based on An Improper Application of The Policy’s Mental Health Limitation
In Ehrlich v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 20-CV-02284-JST, 2024 WL 3745008 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 8, 2024), on Rule 52 cross-motions for judgment, California Northern District Judge Jon…
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,…
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In Hawks v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc, et al., No. 23-2636, 2024 WL 3664599 (3d Cir. Aug. 6, 2024), an unpublished opinion, the Third Circuit vacated and remanded the…
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…
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…
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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