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Peter S. Sessions is a partner at Kantor & Kantor who has been with the firm since 2004. Peter represents individual clients seeking health, life, and disability benefits, typically under employee health plans.

Last week was a slow one for the federal courts, as the steady drip of turkey-produced tryptophan prevented them from providing us with a full complement of the ERISA-related decisions we all know and love. As a result, there was no notable decision for us to recap. Nonetheless, a handful of brave judges and clerks

McEachin v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-1071, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 4759527 (6th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Sutton, Larsen, and Murphy)

Most ERISA-governed long-term disability benefit plans have limitations for various types of conditions, and one of the most common limitations is for disabilities caused by mental illness