This week, no single case jumped out at us as an obvious candidate for case of the week. But keep reading for many interesting decisions, including one awarding costs to Hartford Life Insurance Company in a disability benefit case, Davis v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., and a fascinating family drama just in
Your ERISA Watch – Week of November 9, 2022
This week, we just have a handful of ERISA decisions to report on, and no case of the week. It seems all the excitement is at the polls.
Below is a summary of this past week’s notable ERISA decisions by subject matter and jurisdiction.
Attorneys’ Fees
Second Circuit
Your ERISA Watch – Week of June 1, 2022
There were many long decisions issued this week and quite a few are only marginally interesting. But, dear ERISA Watchers, we read and summarize them so you don’t have to.
Below is a summary of this past week’s notable ERISA decisions by subject matter and jurisdiction.
Attorneys’ Fees
Eighth Circuit
Yates v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., No. 4:19-CV-154-RLW, 2022 WL 1618787 (E.D. Mo. May 23, 2022) (Judge Ronnie L. White). On January 3rd of this year, the court granted plaintiff Terri Yates’s motion to alter judgment, reversed its earlier opinion that she had failed to exhaust administrative remedies, and awarded her accidental death benefits concluding that her husband’s death from a heroin overdose was an unforeseen outcome his heroin use and not an intentional self-inflicted injury.Continue Reading Your ERISA Watch – Week of June 1, 2022