Fourth Circuit Reverses Win for Hartford in Dispute Over Long-Term Disability Benefits
Fourth Circuit Reverses Win for Hartford in Dispute Over Long-Term Disability Benefits
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a claimant-friendly decision in Shupe v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 19-1854, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5774728 (4th Cir. Dec. 7, 2021),…
Eighth Circuit: Ordinary Summary Judgment Procedures Apply to Review of ERISA Benefit Claims
Yesterday, in Avenoso v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 21-1772, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5570816 (8th Cir. Nov. 30, 2021), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on the…
Third Circuit: Reliance Standard’s Irregular Request for Outside Medical Reports to Deny Disability Claim Is an Abuse of Discretion
Yesterday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Noga v. Fulton Financial Corporation Employee Benefit Plan; Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 19-3855, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5540848…
First Circuit: ERISA’s 2002 Regulations Give Disability Claimants Chance to Respond to New Evidence Generated During Administrative Review
Yesterday, in Jette v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1713, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5231971 (1st Cir. Nov. 10, 2021), a case involving a long-term disability claim, the Sixth…
Seventh Circuit Affirms Unum’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based Substantially on Paper Reviews
In Feeney v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 20-1685, 2021 WL 5102780 (7th Cir. Nov. 3, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Arthur Feeney appealed the district court’s grant of Unum Life…
Sixth Circuit: District Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over an ERISA Suit That Has Been Remanded to the Plan Administrator
Yesterday, in Card v. Principal Life Ins. Co., No. 20-6217, __F.4th__, 2021 WL 5074692 (6th Cir. Nov. 2, 2021), a case involving denied claims for disability benefits under an ERISA-governed…
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