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Sixth Circuit Finds Insurance Company Cannot Start Clock on Disability Policy’s 24-Month Mental Illness Limitation Until Claimant’s Physical Disability is No Longer Totally Disabling

Sixth Circuit Finds Insurance Company Cannot Start Clock on Disability Policy’s 24-Month Mental Illness Limitation Until Claimant’s Physical Disability is No Longer Totally Disabling

In McEachin v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-1071, _F.4th_, 2024 WL 4759527 (6th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024), a dispute over the termination of long-term disability benefits under an…

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District Court Finds Twitter Executives May Alternately Plead an ERISA Claim Against Elon Musk for Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Surcharge for Interference with Plaintiffs’ Rights to Severance Benefits

In Agrawal, et al. v. Elon Musk, et al., No. 24-CV-01304-MMC, 2024 WL 4654442 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 1, 2024), California Northern District Judge Maxine M. Chesney denied Defendants’ 12(b)(6) Motion…

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of ERISA Severance Plan Benefits Where Plan Administrator Found No Good Reason for Resignation Following Acquisition

In Gift v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Change of Control Severance Plan, et al., No. 23-50862, 2024 WL 4689051 (5th Cir. Nov. 6, 2024), the court considered whether Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s…

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Legal Separation Agreement Qualifies As a QDRO

In Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Valois, No. 23-3286, 2024 WL 4678055 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2024), an interpleader action, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination…

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Seventh Circuit: Sole Proprietorship Is Liable for Unpaid Pension Contributions to Multi-Employer Plan

In Trustees of the N.E.C.A./LOCAL 145 I.B.E.W. Pension Plan v. Mausser, No. 24-1472, 2024 WL 4647936 (7th Cir. Nov. 1, 2024), the Trustees of the National Electrical Contractors Association and…

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District Court Finds Insurer Had No Discretionary Authority Over Disability Claim and Was Not an ERISA Fiduciary

In Shea v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 24-CV-10402-ADB, 2024 WL 4593525 (D. Mass. Oct. 28, 2024), Massachusetts District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted Unum Life…

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