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Court Finds ERISA Preempts Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in Dispute Over Disability Benefit Overpayment

Court Finds ERISA Preempts Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in Dispute Over Disability Benefit Overpayment

In Doolittle v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., No. 1:25-CV-00148 (BKS/TWD), 2025 WL 2577213 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York dismissed…

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District Court Finds ERISA Claim Preempted by the Railway Labor Act in Pilot’s Long-Term Disability Case

In Eldredge v. Am. Airlines Inc., No. CV-25-00823-PHX-SMB, 2025 WL 2549405 (D. Ariz. Sept. 4, 2025), the District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed a pilot’s ERISA claim for…

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Court Finds Insurer’s Termination of Disability Benefits Arbitrary and Capricious Due to Procedural Irregularities

In Vartanian v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. CV 24-05096 (GC) (JBD), 2025 WL 2555712 (D.N.J. Sept. 5, 2025), the District of New Jersey found that First Reliance…

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Court Denies Discovery in ERISA Disability Benefits Case Against Unum

In Digeronimo v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, et al., No. 1:22-CV-00773, 2025 WL 2459557 (N.D. Ohio Aug. 27, 2025), the Northern District of Ohio issued an opinion denying…

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Appeal or New Claim? Seventh Circuit Says Disability Onset Change Requires Fresh Filing

In Moratz v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-2825, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2505760 (7th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025), the Seventh Circuit confronted a dispute over whether an employee could…

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First Circuit Affirms Insurer’s Discretion in Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Bernitz v. USAble Life, No. 24-1598, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2463092 (1st Cir. Aug. 27, 2025), a dispute over the payment of long-term disability benefits, the First Circuit sided with…

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