Prove You Mailed It: Northern District of Illinois Dismisses ERISA Disability Suit for Failure to Exhaust After Claimant Cannot Establish He Sent His Appeal
Prove You Mailed It: Northern District of Illinois Dismisses ERISA Disability Suit for Failure to Exhaust After Claimant Cannot Establish He Sent His Appeal
In Stempel v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 24 C 6077, 2026 WL 2241244 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 4, 2026), United States District Judge John F. Kness granted judgment…
N.D. Cal. Reinstates ERISA Disability Benefits Despite Normal Cognitive Test Scores
In O’Connor v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 4:24-cv-08723-YGR, 2026 WL 2220173 (N.D. Cal. July 29, 2026), Chief United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted Plaintiff’s motion for judgment…
Roberts Disability Law Defeats Unum’s Attempt to Move ERISA Disability Case: Court Keeps Long-Term Disability Claim in Plaintiff’s Chosen Forum
Roberts Disability Law, P.C. secured a procedural win for its client in Goldman v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 3:26-cv-01022-LJC, ---F.Supp.3d----, 2026 WL 2184768 (N.D. Cal. July 21,…
ERISA Reaches Overseas: Court Holds ERISA Preempts State-Law Benefit Claims by Foreign Workers Injured Abroad
Ajeti v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 26-3249, 2026 WL 2150163 (E.D. Pa. July 27, 2026), addresses whether ERISA governs, and preempts, state-law claims brought by foreign nationals…
ERISA “Any Occupation” Standard Defeats MS Claimant: N.D. Illinois Court Upholds Unum’s Long-Term Disability Denial on De Novo Review
In Scorzo v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 23-cv-3836, 2026 WL 2070002 (N.D. Ill. July 17, 2026), United States District Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings granted judgment to Unum…
When “Sedentary” Isn’t the Whole Job: California Court Restores 20 Years of ERISA Disability Benefits Reliance Standard Cut Off
In Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 2:23-cv-06286-DSF-RAO, 2026 WL 2056667 (C.D. Cal. July 15, 2026), United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, following a bench trial on…
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