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Long COVID and ERISA Disability Claims: Emerging Themes and Guidance for Claimants

Long COVID and ERISA Disability Claims: Emerging Themes and Guidance for Claimants

Long COVID continues to challenge courts, insurers, and claimants, creating unique complexities in ERISA long-term disability (LTD) claims. With symptoms like fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, post-exertional malaise (PEM), dysautonomia, and neurological…

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Central District of California Grants LTD Benefits After Finding MetLife Ignored Credible Medical Evidence of Long-Haul COVID Disability

In Baltes v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Case 2:23-cv-07404-MRA-JPR, ---F.Supp.3d---, 2025 WL 3199464 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 12, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted judgment…

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Western District of Kentucky Remands LTD Claim After LINA’s Administrative Failure

In Chalk v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 3:25-CV-133-RGJ, 2025 WL 3006758 (W.D. Ky. Oct. 27, 2025), the court addressed a familiar issue in ERISA litigation—how to handle…

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Court Rejects Guardian’s Attempt to End ERISA Disability Lawsuit Early

In Rose v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 8:25-CV-03866-DCC, 2025 WL 2972236 (D.S.C. Oct. 21, 2025), the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina issued…

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Court Allows Hartford to Pursue Summary Judgment on Exhaustion Grounds in Long-Term Disability Case

In Lucas v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 24-CV-7561 (VEC), 2025 WL 2961561 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…

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When Is a Late ERISA Disability Claim Still Timely? Understanding the Three-Year Contractual Limitations Rule.

When a disability claim is denied as “too late,” many claimants assume they’ve lost their chance to obtain benefits. But as more recent court decisions show, the law provides more…

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