Cogdell v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 1:23-CV-01343 (AJT/JFA), __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2024 WL 4182589 (E.D. Va. Sept. 11, 2024) (Judge Anthony J. Trenga)
Sometimes here in ERISA World it is easy to feel insulated from the momentous decisions issued every year by the Supreme Court. Every so often the court
Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Co. of Bos., No. 21-55465, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 17087828 (9th Cir. Nov. 21, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Paez and Watford, and District Judge Richard D. Bennett)
This week’s notable decision is a Kantor & Kantor victory in the Ninth Circuit addressing what arguments ERISA plan administrators and
Stewart v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 21-11919, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 3221296 (11th Cir. Aug. 10, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Newsom, Tjoflat, and Hull).
Courts typically review ERISA benefit decisions under one of two standards: either de novo, i.e., with no deference to the benefit claim administrator, or for