There is something for everyone in this edition of Your ERISA Watch, as the federal courts touched on seemingly every facet of ERISA in the past week.
There are decisions on the merits in cases seeking medical benefits (K.A. v. United Healthcare Ins. Co. and K.K. v. Premera Blue Cross), disability benefits
This week, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, and I’ve heard it said that this January was the longest year on record. It seems ERISA winter is continuing for at least some plan participants, as several noteworthy decisions were issued this week which were unfavorable to ERISA plaintiffs. In Cutrone v. Allstate and
As expected, it has been a slow start to 2025 with only a handful of ERISA-related decisions in the federal courts. Nonetheless, these rulings touched on some unusual and interesting topics. Read on to learn how Illinois’s Genetic Information Privacy Act interacts with ERISA, whether a claimant can reopen a case after an insurer denies