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When ERISA Plan Terms Override the Employer’s Conduct: A Lapsed Life Insurance Policy and a Denied Claim
In Strawson v. Transport Labor Contract/Leasing Inc., No. 24 CV 06158, 2026 WL 3257583 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 29, 2026), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed…
Can a Severance Program Be an ERISA Plan? Court Allows Deere Employees’ ERISA Claims to Proceed
In Ahmed v. Deere & Company, No. 4:26-cv-04114-SLD-RLH, 2026 WL 3306360 (C.D. Ill. Nov. 2, 2026), the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied a motion…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Prejudgment Interest and Attorney’s Fees Where the Policy Gave LINA Discretion to Require a Death Certificate as Proof of Loss
Williamson v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 25-5790, 2026 WL 3153191 (6th Cir. Oct. 21, 2026) (Before: Kethledge, Chief Judge; Cole and Mathis, Circuit Judges). In 2013, the…
The Job Matters: California Court Awards ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits After MetLife’s Paper Reviewers Ignored a Scientist’s Cognitive Demands
In Wong v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. 25-cv-10274-PCP, 2026 WL 3138805 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2026), United States District Judge P. Casey Pitts granted Plaintiff’s motion for judgment and…
When ERISA Lets Your Insurer Withhold Disability Benefits to Recoup a Social Security Overpayment: A New York Federal Court Upholds Hartford’s Offset
In Doolittle v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 1:25-cv-00148 (BKS/CBF), 2026 WL 3135297 (N.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026), Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda K. Sannes granted summary judgment to…
Does an ERISA Remand Revive the “Fiduciary Exception”? Federal Court Orders Disability Insurer to Log Attorney Communications About a Remanded Claim
In Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 8:20-cv-00839-JVS-KESx, 2026 WL 3126569 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2026), a federal magistrate judge confronted a question that arises whenever an…
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