After the flood of end-of-reporting-period decisions issued over the past several weeks, the tide has turned. This week we report on only eight cases. So relax and enjoy reading this week’s short but interesting selection of ERISA decisions, including one
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Waldron v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 3:24-CV-05193-TMC, 2025 WL 949028 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 28, 2025) (Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright)
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Standing Issues Cripple PBM Case in the District of Minnesota
By Emily Payson
Navarro v. Wells Fargo & Co., No. 24-cv-3043 (LMP/DTS), 2025 WL 897717 (D. Minn. Mar. 24, 2025) (Judge Laura M. Provinzino)
We have been watching cases alleging that fiduciaries are mismanaging prescription drug benefit programs at Your ERISA Watch…
ERISA Preempts Wrongful Death Action Based on Denial of Inhaler to Asthmatic
Cannon v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mass., No. 24-1862, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 855194 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Aframe, Lynch, and Howard)
As our readers undoubtedly know, ERISA contains a notably…
Your ERISA Watch – Week of March 19, 2025
Although we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this week, no one case had the luck of the Irish to be crowned our Notable Decision. Nevertheless, we should all raise a pint to the federal courts, who were busy this week issuing…
California Court Allows 401(k) Forfeiture Challenge to Proceed
McManus v. The Clorox Co., No. 4:23-CV-05325-YGR, 2025 WL 732087 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2025) (Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers)
Our case of the week is one in a series of recently filed cases presenting novel challenges to “a practice by…
District Court Follows Trend of Requiring More Specificity in Health Benefit Denials
Doe v. Deloitte LLP Grp. Ins. Plan, No. 23 CIV. 4743 (JPC), __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2025 WL 586670 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2025) (Judge John P. Cronan)
Our case of the week is a published district court decision…
Texas Judge Sticks to His Guns on Validity of Biden-Era ESG Rule
Utah v. Micone, No. 2:23-CV-016-Z, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2025 WL 510331 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) (Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk)
On Valentine’s Day, Judge Kacsmaryk issued what to many was a surprising decision affirming the validity of…
Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Limits on ERISA Benefits Litigation
Kramer v. American Elec. Power Exec. Severance Plan, No. 24-3174, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 444923 (6th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Cole, Mathis, and Bloomekatz)
Your ERISA Watch is short-staffed this week, so we won’t be…
Your ERISA Watch – Week of February 12, 2025
There is something for everyone in this edition of Your ERISA Watch, as the federal courts touched on seemingly every facet of ERISA in the past week.
There are decisions on the merits in cases seeking medical benefits (K.A. v.…