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ERISA Watch – AD&D and Life Insurance Policy Benefits Not Payable for Loss of Eye Caused by Fungal Infection

ERISA Watch – AD&D and Life Insurance Policy Benefits Not Payable for Loss of Eye Caused by Fungal Infection

In Ramirez v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., No. 16-11660, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 4455267 (5th Cir. Oct. 6, 2017), the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary…

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ERISA Watch – Former Attorney Entitled to Long Term Disability Benefits Despite Ability to Walk Dog

“This would come as something of a surprise to the nation’s law students, that the threshold requirement for practicing law is based on the ability to walk a dog.” –…

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ERISA Watch – Ninth Circuit Rules That MetLife Waived Evidence of Insurability Requirement in Life Insurance Dispute

Can an insurance company waive its requirement of evidence of insurability?  According to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals:  Yes.  In Salyers v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No. 15-56371, __F.3d__,…

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ERISA Watch – Third Circuit Upholds Retirement Plan Administrator’s Interpretation of “Ambiguous” Plan Terms

What do you do when a 277-page retirement plan fails to explicitly address a retiree’s specific situation?  You give deference to the plan administrator’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous plan terms. …

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ERISA Watch – The ACA Does Not Prohibit Lifetime Benefit Maximum for Certain Retiree-only Health Plans

This week’s notable decision, King v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, No. 15-55880, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 3928339 (9th Cir. Sept. 8, 2017), involves a claim for unpaid medical…

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ERISA Watch – Eleventh Circuit Rules that Healthy Pregnancy Is Not a Pre-Existing Condition for Disability Caused By Stroke

Happy Labor Day!  This was quite a busy week for ERISA decisions.  It seems as though the courts wanted to go into the long three-day weekend with a lighter caseload…

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