Bryant Legal Group PC | USA | 12 May 2016
In the long anticipated ruling in Fontaine v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., No. 14-1984, 2015 U.S. App. (7th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015), the Seventh Circuit…
Hodgson Russ LLP | USA | 30 Sep 2011
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently reversed a district court’s decision by upholding an insurer’s denial of a long-term disability benefit claim
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 11 Apr 2011
In Baldwin v Univ of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., --- F.3d ---, 2011 WL 1126038 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2011), the Third Circuit held that an adoptive mother and her children had standing under ERISA to pursue benefits from the life insurance policies of the deceased biological mother.
Williams Mullen | USA | 15 Mar 2011
The Ninth Circuit overturned the denial of benefits by a plan administrator in a case that provides a useful “reverse weathervane,” showing several mistakes that a plan administrator should not make when reviewing a benefits claim.
Fox Rothschild LLP | USA | 4 May 2010
There is no question that corporate wellness programs are increasing in popularity.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 26 Aug 2009
In a 2008 decision, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, the United States Supreme Court addressed the perceived conflict of interest in benefit award decisions that are entrusted to the discretion of a plan administrator.
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | USA | 24 Aug 2009
Have you ever had a benefit claim denied?
Jorden Burt LLP | USA | 16 Mar 2009
On December 23, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey determined that bipolar disorder was reasonably considered a “Mental Illness” under the ERISA-governed long-term disability policy at issue.
Bricker & Eckler LLP | USA | 31 Dec 2008
The United States Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn affirming a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside an ERISA plan administrator's denial of long-term disability benefits.
Alston & Bird LLP | USA | 25 Sep 2008
The Eleventh Circuit has held that the “heightened” arbitrary and capricious standard of review previously used by the court in cases where a conflicted plan administrator decided a claim for benefits — and its accompanying burden-shifting analysis — does not survive the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343 (2008).