Card v. Principal Life Ins. Co., No. 20-6217, __ F.4th __, 2021 WL 5074692 (6th Cir. Nov. 2, 2021) (Before Circuit Judges McKeague, Nalbandian, and Murphy).

In ERISA benefit cases, a trial court will sometimes “remand” the case back to the plan’s claim administrator for further action, especially when the administrator applied the wrong standard or failed to follow claim procedures. But what happens when an appellate court remands a case to an administrator? Is there anything the trial court can do to oversee that remand, or does the appellate ruling keep it out of the loop? What is a “remand” in an ERISA case anyway, when the administrator is not part of the judicial system?
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