Sixth Circuit Holds That Garmon Doctrine Bars ERISA Fiduciary-Duty Claims That Necessarily Depend on Resolution of Disputed NLRA Obligations
Sixth Circuit Holds That Garmon Doctrine Bars ERISA Fiduciary-Duty Claims That Necessarily Depend on Resolution of Disputed NLRA Obligations
In Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. v. Trustees of the Operating Engineers’ Local 324 Fringe Benefit Funds, No. 25-1823, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 915042 (6th Cir. Apr. 3, 2026), Plaintiff…
Court Finds Cognitive Impairments Sufficient to Satisfy ERISA “Any Occupation” Standard Despite Insurer’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In Dever v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 2:24-CV-02435-DJC-JDP, 2026 WL 880238 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2026), the Eastern District of California held that an insurer wrongfully terminated…
Reliance Standard Prevails in Physical vs. Mental Disability Dispute After LTD Claimant’s Treating Doctors Fail to Connect Hormonal Deficits to Disabling Symptoms
When a disability insurer terminates long-term disability benefits for a physical condition but continues paying under a mental health limitation — until that benefit exhausts — the claimant faces a…
Northern District of Texas Holds Plaintiff Failed to Prove Eye Injury Was Sole Cause of Vision Loss, Upholds Denial of Accidental Dismemberment Benefits
In Langley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 3:24-CV-2832-K, 2026 WL 865736 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 30, 2026), a Southwest Airlines aircraft inspector sought accidental dismemberment benefits after losing vision in…
Insurer’s Own Evidence Dooms Benefit Termination: Court Finds Claimant Disabled Under “Any Occupation” Standard In ERISA Policy
In Booth v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 24 CIV. 3927 (KPF), 2026 WL 861640 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2026), the United States District Court for the Southern District…
Unum’s Termination of LTD Benefits for MS Claimant Reversed After 11-Year Payment History
In Serrata v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 24-cv-02421-HSG, 2026 WL 849298 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 27, 2026), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,…
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