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California Court Denies ERISA Disability Benefits Despite Undisputed Tinnitus and Depression Diagnoses

In Camp v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, No. 25-cv-06199-AMO, 2026 WL 2608200 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2026), Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the United States District Court for the Northern…

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Aetna Did Not Act Arbitrarily and Capriciously in Terminating Disability Benefits After Claimant Failed to Provide Proof of Income Over Seven Requests

In Pankey v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, No. 25-11338, 2026 WL 2606845 (11th Cir. Sept. 3, 2026), a per curiam opinion, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of…

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When an ERISA Beneficiary Change by Phone Call Fails: N.D. Alabama Enforces the Plan’s Written-Designation Requirement and Voids a Bigamous Marriage

In Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Williams, No. 4:24-cv-00357-CLM, 2026 WL 2569485 (N.D. Ala. Aug. 31, 2026), an ERISA interpleader case over a General Motors life insurance policy, District Judge…

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When ERISA’s Venue Rules Send Your Case Somewhere Else: Two District Courts Transfer ERISA Claims Away From the Plaintiff’s Chosen Forum

Two district courts issued ERISA venue rulings within a day of each other, and both moved the case out of the forum the plaintiff picked. In Andersen v. Medical Solutions,…

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Ninth Circuit Holds Substantial Compliance Doctrine Applies to ERISA Benefit Elections, Not Just Beneficiary Designations, and Reverses Dismissal of Dying Participant’s Pension Claim

In Liu v. Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan for the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., No. 24-4303, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 2562029 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026) (Before: Paez, Bea,…

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ERISA Long-Term Disability Denial Upheld: Eighth Circuit Affirms Unum Termination Where Treating Doctor’s Own Records Supported Sedentary Work

In Halloran v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 25-2550, --- F.4th ---, 2026 WL 2545315 (8th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026), a panel of Chief Judge Colloton and Circuit…

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