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
Wolf v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 21-35485, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 3652966 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Gilman (6th Cir.), Ikuta and Miller)
Employers provide all types of benefits to their employees, and most of us focus on the big-ticket ones: health and retirement. However, employers often
Plaintiffs prevailed in this week’s two notable decisions, but not entirely. In the first decision, the Sixth Circuit allowed a portion of a pension case alleging excessive investment fees to proceed. In the second case, the Fourth Circuit addressed welfare plan vesting and found, under the highly unusual circumstances of the case, some retirees could proceed with their claim for life insurance benefits.
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