Curtis v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 3:19-cv-01579-MPS, 2023 WL 34662 (D. Conn. Jan. 4, 2023) (Judge Michael P. Shea)
In this week’s notable decision, Judge Michael P. Shea applied a “somewhat-novel doctrine of ‘class standing’” to significantly limit claims in an ERISA healthcare coverage class action against Aetna Life Insurance Company. This application
Happy New Year ERISA Watchers. For our first issue of 2023, we thought we’d take a moment to look back on the highs and lows of 2022 in the world of ERISA. In that spirit, we have compiled a somewhat subjective list of the best and worst decisions of the past year. We included only
Haley v. Teachers Ins. & Annuity Ass’n of Am., No. 21-805-cv, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 17347244 (2d Cir. Dec. 1, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Newman, Walker, and Sullivan)
In large class actions, predominance of common issues among the class members is often a thorny issue, requiring careful scrutiny by the district court