Seventh Circuit Reverses District Court for Not Properly Considering ERISA Claimant’s Ability to Perform Occupation Due to Sitting and Cognitive Limitations
Seventh Circuit Reverses District Court for Not Properly Considering ERISA Claimant’s Ability to Perform Occupation Due to Sitting and Cognitive Limitations
In Scanlon v. Life Insurance Co. of North America, No. 22-1121, --- F.4th ----, 2023 WL 5617127 (7th Cir. Aug. 31, 2023), a matter involving a dispute over the denial of…
District Court Finds That Hartford Improperly Denied Long-Term Disability Benefits to Amazon.com Employee Disabled After On-The-Job Lumbar Fracture
In Sund v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-CV-05218-JST, 2023 WL 5181624 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2023) California Northern District Judge Jon S. Tigar granted judgment to Plaintiff…
Sixth Circuit Denies Reliance Standard “Third Bite at the Apple” in Long-Term Disability Benefit Dispute
In Jordan v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 22-5234, 2023 WL 5322417 (6th Cir. Aug. 18, 2023), Plaintiff-Appellant Beth Jordan appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to…
Third Circuit Denies Aetna’s Petition Challenging Certification of ERISA Class Action as Untimely under FRCP 23(f)
In Wolff v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 22-8056, __F.4th__, 2023 WL 5082238 (3d Cir. Aug. 9, 2023), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied Defendant-Petitioner Aetna Life Insurance Company's…
District Court Applies Fiduciary Exception Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Unum’s Legal Communications Prior To Its Final Decision on ERISA LTD Claim
In Hardy v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 23-CV-563 (JRT/JFD), 2023 WL 4841952 (D. Minn. July 28, 2023) Minnesota District Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty granted Plaintiff’s motion…
District Court Construes ERISA Plan’s Objective Evidence Requirement Liberally In Favor of Claimant
In Sutton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 222CV00732KJMCKD, 2023 WL 4669994 (E.D. Cal. July 20, 2023), the California Eastern District Court granted judgment in favor of Plaintiff,…
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