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Third Circuit Reverses District Court, Finds Lincoln Financial Group Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits

Third Circuit Reverses District Court, Finds Lincoln Financial Group Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Hawks v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc, et al., No. 23-2636, 2024 WL 3664599 (3d Cir. Aug. 6, 2024), an unpublished opinion, the Third Circuit vacated and remanded the…

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Health Insurer Not Required to Cover Therapies for Autism Based on Available Medical Literature at Time of Treatment

In Midthun-Hensen on behalf of K.H. v. Grp. Health Coop. of S. Cent. Wisconsin, Inc., No. 23-2100, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3646149 (7th Cir. Aug. 5, 2024) the Seventh Circuit affirmed…

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In ERISA Class Action, Eleventh Circuit Affirms Decision that Home Depot 401(k) Plan Participants Did Not Carry Their Burden of Proof for Fiduciary Breach Claims

In Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al., No. 22-13643, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3633379 (11th Cir. Aug. 2, 2024), Plaintiffs, a class of current and former Home…

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District Court Grants Insurer’s Motion to Transfer Venue in ERISA Benefits Action Finding Significant Connection to Transferee District

In Cline v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 23-CV-15091, 2024 WL 3455089 (N.D. Ill. July 18, 2024), Illinois Northern District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, granted Defendant Prudential’s motion to…

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Ninth Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim in Putative Class Action Challenging Decision to Invest in Volatile Hedge Funds

In Johnson, et al. v. Carpenters of Western Washington Board of Trustees, et al., No. 23-35370, 2024 WL 3579492 (9th Cir. July 30, 2024) (Before: Friedland, Mendoza, and Desai, Circuit…

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Eighth Circuit Affirms Award of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based on Determination that Plaintiff Was Disabled from Sedentary Work Due to her Physical Ailments

In Weyer v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 23-2862, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 3577374 (8th Cir. July 30, 2024), the Eighth Circuit considered Reliance Standard’s challenge of the district court’s…

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