A Manslaughter Conviction May Not Prohibit Receipt of ERISA Life Insurance Benefits
A Manslaughter Conviction May Not Prohibit Receipt of ERISA Life Insurance Benefits
The “Slayer rule” is a common law doctrine that prevents inheritance by someone who murders someone from whom he or she stands to inherit. Many states have enacted slayer rules…
ERISA Watch – ERISA Statute of Limitations Applies to Railway Labor Act Claims
This week’s notable decision, Pruter v. Local 210’s Pension Trust Fund, Local 210, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, No. 16-733-CV, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 2431756 (2d Cir. June 6, 2017), is one…
A Guide to Disability Benefits
You’ve recently been diagnosed with a severe illness, or perhaps a condition you have managed for a long time is now interfering with your ability to work. What do you…
ERISA Watch – Supreme Court Holds that Defined Benefit Plan of Church-Affiliated Organization Is an ERISA-Exempt Church Plan
This week’s notable decision is fresh out of the U.S. Supreme Court in Advocate Health Care Network, et al. v. Stapleton, et al., No. 16-74, 581 U.S. __, (June 5,…
ERISA Watch – Parent Has Standing under the Affordable Care Act to Challenge Denial of Son’s Gender Reassignment Surgery
This week’s notable decision is Tovar v. Essentia Health, No. 16-3186, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 2259632 (8th Cir. May 24, 2017). In Tovar, Plaintiff is an employee who filed suit against…
ERISA Watch – California Ban on Discretion Is Not Preempted by ERISA
We are pleased to report this week’s notable decision, Orzechowski v. The Boeing Company Non-Union Long Term Disability Plan, No. 14-55919, __F.3d__, 2017 WL 1947883 (9th Cir. May 11, 2017),…
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