This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the transfer of an ERISA action that was filed in a state where an insurer did not maintain sufficient minimum contacts, an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and...more
2/2/2024
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Disabilities ,
Disability Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Long Term Disability Insurance ,
Overpayment ,
Transfer of Venue
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to petitions for attorneys’ fees, unpersuasive self-reported evidence of disability, and a dilatory attempt to augment the administrative record....more
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an award of attorney’s fees (but not) costs, class certification in an ERISA benefits case, a court finding that a physician claimant was disabled from his own occupation, a...more
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to: a court’s decision to hold an evidentiary hearing where factual disputes precluded summary judgment; dismissal of a claim for life insurance benefits of an ex-spouse who...more
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to fee shifting in favor of defendants, interpretation of AD&D policy provisions, a strict take on the language required to initiate an administrative appeal, and a reiteration...more