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District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Lincoln National, Rejecting Church Plan Exemption in ERISA Disability Benefits Dispute

District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Lincoln National, Rejecting Church Plan Exemption in ERISA Disability Benefits Dispute

In Peterson v. Lincoln Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 4:23-CV-40097-MRG, 2025 WL 1000689 (D. Mass. Mar. 31, 2025), an action alleging state law claims to recover long-term disability benefits, Massachusetts…

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Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Stout v. Smith Int’l, Inc., No. 24-30571, 2025 WL 1029503 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2025), a dispute involving a claimant's continued eligibility for long-term disability ("LTD") benefits under a…

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District Court Orders ERISA Plan Insurers to Pay Disability Benefits Through Date of Judgment

In Ehrlich v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., Case No. 20-cv-02284-JST (N.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2025), a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District…

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Third Circuit Revives Pension Fund’s Claim Against Related Employers After Settlement with Borden Dairy

In Cent. States, Se. & Sw. Areas Pension Fund v. Laguna Dairy, S. De R.L. De C.V., No. 23-3206, __F.4th__, 2025 WL 923761 (3d Cir. Mar. 27, 2025), the Third…

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District Court Orders Inclusion of External Medical Review Documents in ERISA Administrative Record

In Noelle E. v. Cigna Health & Life Ins. Co., 2:23-cv-00686, 2025 WL 754031 (D. Utah Mar. 10, 2025), in a medical benefits action brought under the Employee Retirement Income…

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Fifth Circuit Finds State Law Claims for Underpaid Pension Benefits Preempted by ERISA

In Broussard v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, No. 24-30664, 2025 WL 754536 (5th Cir. Mar. 10, 2025), a dispute alleging underpayment of pension benefits, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered…

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