Court Finds ERISA Preempts Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in Dispute Over Disability Benefit Overpayment
Court Finds ERISA Preempts Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in Dispute Over Disability Benefit Overpayment
In Doolittle v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., No. 1:25-CV-00148 (BKS/TWD), 2025 WL 2577213 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2025), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York dismissed…
District Court Finds ERISA Claim Preempted by the Railway Labor Act in Pilot’s Long-Term Disability Case
In Eldredge v. Am. Airlines Inc., No. CV-25-00823-PHX-SMB, 2025 WL 2549405 (D. Ariz. Sept. 4, 2025), the District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed a pilot’s ERISA claim for…
Court Finds Insurer’s Termination of Disability Benefits Arbitrary and Capricious Due to Procedural Irregularities
In Vartanian v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. CV 24-05096 (GC) (JBD), 2025 WL 2555712 (D.N.J. Sept. 5, 2025), the District of New Jersey found that First Reliance…
Court Denies Discovery in ERISA Disability Benefits Case Against Unum
In Digeronimo v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, et al., No. 1:22-CV-00773, 2025 WL 2459557 (N.D. Ohio Aug. 27, 2025), the Northern District of Ohio issued an opinion denying…
Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of ERISA Fiduciary Breach Claims Against Genentech
In Wehner v. Genentech, Inc., No. 24-2630, 2025 WL 2505672 (9th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of ERISA claims brought by a former Genentech employee…
Appeal or New Claim? Seventh Circuit Says Disability Onset Change Requires Fresh Filing
In Moratz v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-2825, ---F.4th----, 2025 WL 2505760 (7th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025), the Seventh Circuit confronted a dispute over whether an employee could…
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