Another slow week in ERISA World, sadly. We do expect things to pick up, as the Civil Justice Reform Act reporting period expires at the end of the month. As always, however, even though the numbers are down, the cases are still interesting. Read on for no fewer than three separate cases discussing application of
It has been a slow week here in ERISA World. Slow does not mean boring, however. Interestingly, in two of the cases we report on this week, courts refused to award attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs despite their partial or total success on the merits. In two other cases, courts rejected arguments that plaintiffs had failed
Parmenter v. The Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., No. 22-1614, __ F. 4th __, 2024 WL 613959 (1st Cir. Feb. 14, 2024) (Before Circuit Judges Montecalvo and Thompson, and District Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll)
With a rapidly aging population in the United States, coupled with increasing numbers of people suffering from chronic and debilitating