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. Radisson Hotel Bloomington, in which the Eighth Circuit discussed the system by which employers
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 of long-term disability benefit plans that employees often don’t know is that plans typically don’t
Messing v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-2780, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 4115873 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Clay, Rogers, and Kethledge)
ERISA provides that a plan participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary can sue to obtain “appropriate equitable relief.” 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3). One of the thorniest issues