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Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Is Not Liable under ERISA for Erroneous Benefit Statement Promising Greater Amount of Disability Insurance Benefits

Sixth Circuit Finds Employer Is Not Liable under ERISA for Erroneous Benefit Statement Promising Greater Amount of Disability Insurance Benefits

In Higgins v. Lincoln Electric Company, Inc., No. 23-5862, 2025 WL 213846 (6th Cir. Jan. 16, 2025), the court addressed an ERISA-estoppel claim, focusing on the discrepancy between the long-term…

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Seventh Circuit Affirms ERISA Fund’s Denial of Out-of-Network Medical Treatment

In Est. of Gifford v. Operating Eng’rs 139 Health Benefit Fund, No. 23-3356, __F.4th__, 2025 WL 79102 (7th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the…

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Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of ERISA Record-Keeping Fees Lawsuit

In Boyette v. Montefiore Med. Ctr., No. 24-1279-CV, 2025 WL 48108 (2d Cir. Jan. 8, 2025), decided by Circuit Judges Kearse, Raggi, and Lohier, Jr., the court upheld the dismissal…

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Tenth Circuit: Unum’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits Was Not An Abuse of Discretion

In an unpublished decision, Isbell v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 23-1351, 2025 WL 40379 (10th Cir. Jan. 7, 2025), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Unum…

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District Court Overturns Prudential’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits under Employer Plan Based on Well-Documented Evidence from Treating Providers Supporting Total Disability

In Przybyla v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. 3:24-CV-01090-JSC, 2025 WL 28446 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 3, 2025), on Rule 52 cross-motions for judgment, California Northern District Judge Jacqueline…

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Second Circuit Affirms Hartford’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Flowers v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 23-7259, 2025 WL 33236 (2d Cir. Jan. 6, 2025), involving a dispute over long-term disability benefits ("LTD"), the Second Circuit…

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