Ninth Circuit Finds Claim for Occupational Disability Pension Benefits Constructively Denied for Plan’s Failure to Comply with ERISA’s Time Limits
Ninth Circuit Finds Claim for Occupational Disability Pension Benefits Constructively Denied for Plan’s Failure to Comply with ERISA’s Time Limits
Hoffman v. Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension Plan, No. 20-55534, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1041693 (9th Cir. Mar. 18, 2021) involves a former stuntwoman’s claims for Disability Pension and Occupational Disability Pension…
District Court Permits Sun Life to Proceed with Fraud Counterclaim in Dispute Over ERISA-Governed Long-Term Disability Benefits
The ERISA claims and appeals process is rife for areas of disagreement. In what was filed as a run-of-the-mill long-term disability benefit lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…
District Court Finds Business Owner “Inadvertently” Created an ERISA Plan When the Company Offered and Paid for Its Employees’ Long-Term Disability Insurance
A recent district court decision, Steigleman v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., No. CV-19-08060-PCT-ROS, 2021 WL 778605 (D. Ariz. Mar. 1, 2021), shows us how a business owner who purchases long-term…
District Court’s Refusal to Consider Portions of Unum’s Regulatory Settlement Agreement Shows Importance of ERISA’s Pre-Litigation Appeals Process
A recent district court order deciding a long-term disability dispute highlights the importance of claimants with ERISA-governed claims to submit everything to the claims administrator that they might want a…
Tenth Circuit Affirms Award of Long-Term Disability Benefits to Employee Who Became Disabled During Lay-Off Notice Period
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided Carlile v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 19-4123, __F.3d__, 2021 WL 671582 (10th Cir. Feb. 22, 2021). This case presents a…
Court Upholds Reliance Standard’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits to Surgeon with Mental Impairments
In this dispute over long-term disability benefits, Cruz v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. CIV 18-0974 RB/SCY, 2021 WL 601827 (D.N.M. Feb. 16, 2021), the district court upheld Reliance…
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