Your ERISA Watch has a skeleton crew this week, so there are fewer summaries and they are lighter on detail than usual. As always, we have included links to all of our decisions in case any of these summaries whet your appetite and you want to dive in and get more detail.
The notable decision
Rose v. PSA Airlines, Inc., No. 21-2207, __ F.4th __, 2023 WL 5839282 (4th Cir. Sept. 12, 2023) (Before Circuit Judges Richardson, Quattlebaum, and Heytens)
One of the thorniest issues in ERISA litigation is what ERISA § 502(a)(3) means when it says a benefit plan beneficiary can sue for “other appropriate equitable relief.” What
Wit v. United Behav. Health, No. 20-17363, 2023 WL 5356640 (9th Cir. Aug. 22, 2023) (Before Circuit Judges Christen and Forrest, and District Judge Michael M. Anello)
As the title indicates, this is the third time the Ninth Circuit has wrestled with this long-running class action alleging that insurance giant United Behavioral Health (“UBH”)