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Eleventh Circuit Blocks Attorney with Parkinson’s Disease from Collecting Benefits Under Two Disability Insurance Policies

Eleventh Circuit Blocks Attorney with Parkinson’s Disease from Collecting Benefits Under Two Disability Insurance Policies

Today's decision in Stewart v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 21-11919, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 3221296 (11th Cir. Aug. 10, 2022) presents a somewhat novel claim made by a…

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Eleventh Circuit: Under De Novo Review of an ERISA Benefit Decision, District Court Cannot Limit Review to the “Administrative Record”

In Harris v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 21-13186, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 3009199 (11th Cir. July 29, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit issued…

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Fifth Circuit Enforces Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion in Long-Term Disability Policy Despite Employer’s Misrepresentations

In Bunner v. Dearborn Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 21-20327, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 2156227 (5th Cir. June 15, 2022), Plaintiff-Appellant Lisa Bunner appealed from the district court’s grant of judgment…

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Sun Life’s Denial of Doctor’s Long-Term Disability Benefit Claim

In Amoroso v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, No. 21-35801, 2022 WL 2115117 (9th Cir. June 13, 2022), the Ninth Circuit considered whether Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. Paul Amoroso was entitled…

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Second Circuit: Insurer’s Failure to Render Timely Benefit Determination Gives Claimant Right to File a Lawsuit under ERISA

In McQuillin v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-1514, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 2029879 (2d Cir. June 7, 2022), the Second Circuit considered whether a claimant is deemed to…

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Second Circuit Affirms Reliance Standard’s Reduction of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based on Claimant’s Change in Employment Status

In Caccavo v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 21-1410-CV, 2022 WL 1931420 (2d Cir. June 6, 2022), Plaintiff-Appellant Frank Caccavo appealed the district court’s judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee…

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