Staffing Servs. Ass’n of Ill. v. Flanagan, No. 23 C 16208, 2024 WL 1050160 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 11, 2024) (Judge Thomas M. Durkin)
Temporary employees have it tough. They often do the same work as their colleagues, but because
Staffing Servs. Ass’n of Ill. v. Flanagan, No. 23 C 16208, 2024 WL 1050160 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 11, 2024) (Judge Thomas M. Durkin)
Temporary employees have it tough. They often do the same work as their colleagues, but because…
Another slow week in ERISA World, sadly. We do expect things to pick up, as the Civil Justice Reform Act reporting period expires at the end of the month. As always, however, even though the numbers are down, the cases…
It has been a slow week here in ERISA World. Slow does not mean boring, however. Interestingly, in two of the cases we report on this week, courts refused to award attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs despite their partial or total…
Parmenter v. The Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 22-1614, __ F. 4th __, 2024 WL 613959 (1st Cir. Feb. 14, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Montecalvo and Thompson, and District Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll)
With a rapidly aging population in…
Watson v. EMC Corp., No. 22-1356, __ F. App’x __, 2024 WL 501610 (10th Cir. Feb. 9, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Matheson, Kelly, and Eid)
Individual benefit plan participants and beneficiaries seeking relief under ERISA typically look to two…
Arnold v. Paredes, No. 3:23-CV-00545, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2024 WL 356751 (M.D. Tenn. Jan. 31, 2024) (Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.)
In an effort to prevent benefit plan participants from bringing class actions, or attempting to seek…
It appears that the winter holidays are truly over now, as the pace has picked up and the federal courts have issued more ERISA-related decisions. No one case in particular stood out this week, but there were plenty of entertaining…
Flores v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 22-55779, __ F. App’x __, 2024 WL 222265 (9th Cir. Jan. 22, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Collins, Mendoza, and Desai)
This week’s notable decision addresses a procedural issue in ERISA…
S. Coast Specialty Surgery Ctr. v. Blue Cross of Cal., No. 22-55717, __ F. 4th __, 2024 WL 105317 (9th Cir. Jan. 10, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Graber, Mendoza, Jr., and Desai).
South Coast Specialty Surgery Center sought reimbursement…
Happy New Year to all our readers. Your ERISA Watch will be a little different for the next few months because our staff writer, Emily Payson, is on maternity leave with her first child (and the first grandchild for Your…