This week, no single case jumped out at us as an obvious candidate for case of the week. But keep reading for many interesting decisions, including one awarding costs to Hartford Life Insurance Company in a disability benefit case, Davis
Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Co. of Bos., No. 21-55465, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 17087828 (9th Cir. Nov. 21, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Paez and Watford, and District Judge Richard D. Bennett)
This week’s notable decision is a
Amara v. Cigna Corp., No. 20-202, __ F. 4th __, 2022 WL 16842742 (2d Cir. Nov. 10, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Livingston, Kearse, and Lee)
ERISA practitioners are familiar with the Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in CIGNA Corp v.
This week, we just have a handful of ERISA decisions to report on, and no case of the week. It seems all the excitement is at the polls.
Below is a summary of this past week’s notable ERISA decisions by
Vellali v. Yale Univ., No. 3:16-cv-1345 (AWT), 2022 WL 13684612 (D. Conn. Oct. 21, 2022) (Judge Alvin W. Thompson)
A district court in Hartford, Connecticut has held that a longstanding suit by participants in the Yale University 403(b) Retirement
Richmond v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 21-3929, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 10225155 (8th Cir. Oct. 18, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Gruender, Shepherd, and Erickson)
Today’s notable decision is yet another in a long-running series of
Matousek v. MidAmerican Energy Co., No. 21-2749, __ F. 4th __, 2022 WL 6880771 (8th Cir. Oct. 12, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Shepherd, Erickson, and Stras)
Participants in a 401(k) plan offered by their employer, MidAmerican Energy Co., brought
Shields v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., No. 21-1290, __ F.3d __, 2022 WL 4864522 (1st Cir. Oct. 4, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Barron, Selya, and Gelpí)
In May of this year, Your ERISA Watch analyzed Skelton v.
Carfora v. Teachers Ins. Annuity Ass’n of Am., No. 21 CIVIL 8384 (KPF), 2022 WL 4538213 (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 28, 2022) (Judge Katherine Polk Failla)
At the heart of ERISA’s protective scheme is the notion that those responsible for the
Kay v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-55463, __ F. App’x __, 2022 WL 4363444 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Paez and Watford, and District Judge Richard D. Bennett (D. Md.))
One key feature