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District Court Construes ERISA Plan’s Objective Evidence Requirement Liberally In Favor of Claimant

District Court Construes ERISA Plan’s Objective Evidence Requirement Liberally In Favor of Claimant

In Sutton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 222CV00732KJMCKD, 2023 WL 4669994 (E.D. Cal. July 20, 2023), the California Eastern District Court granted judgment in favor of Plaintiff,…

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Sixth Circuit Affirms Sedgwick’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits for Chrysler Employee with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

In Avery v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., et al., No. 22-1960, 2023 WL 4703865 (6th Cir. July 24, 2023), Plaintiff-Appellant Jacqueline Avery filed suit under ERISA § 502(a)(1)(B) against…

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Eighth Circuit Finds Reliance Standard Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Terminating Disability Benefits for Claimant with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

In McIntyre v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 21-3063, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 4673615 (8th Cir. July 21, 2023), Plaintiff-Appellee Melissa McIntyre brought suit under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B); ERISA…

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District Court Upholds Unum Life’s Termination of LTD Benefits Based on Plaintiff’s Increased Activity and Reduction in Treatment and Medication

In Harmon v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 1:20-CV-318-KAC-CHS, 2023 WL 4166085 (E.D. Tenn. June 23, 2023), Tennessee Eastern District Judge Katherine A. Crytzer granted judgment…

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Zurich’s Termination of CBS Writer’s Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Geiger v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 22-1519, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 4217009 (4th Cir. June 28, 2023), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of judgment to Zurich…

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Ninth Circuit Finds Long Term Disability Policy Required Insurer to Pro-rate Bonus Payment Over Period It Was Earned

Neumiller v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 22-35688, 2023 WL 4173022 (9th Cir. June 26, 2023) involves a dispute over the proper interpretation of a term in Hartford’s…

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