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Brooking v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
This ERISA case, decided in 2006 , is another examining the "arbitrary and capricious" standard of review by the Courts, in this case, applying it to the...
Read MoreBalmert v. Reliance Std. Life ins. Co.
This ERISA case, decided in 2009 , is a case examining what the Plaintiff's duties are in making a claim for long term disability and in bringing a case...
Read MoreEvans v. UNUMProvident Corp.
This ERISA case, decided in 2005 , is another case examining the "arbitrary and capricious" standard that the Court must use in reviewing most of these...
Read MoreRochow v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.
This ERISA case, decided in 2014 , is an interesting case regarding the insurance company's duties as a fiduciary and what damages a Plaintiff may recover...
Read MoreHelfman v. GE Group Life Assur. Co.
This ERISA case, decided in 2009, is another in the line of cases dealing with the "arbitrary and capricious" standard that the Court has to use when ERISA...
Read MoreElliott v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.
In this ERISA case, decided in 2006, the question before the Court is whether a long term disability plan administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously...
Read MoreShaw v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 1
In this ERISA case, decided in 2015, the question before the Court is whether a long term disability plan administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously...
Read MoreNewsom v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
In this ERISA case, decided in 2022, the parties agreed to a trial upon submission of documentary evidence but disagreed upon the issues properly before...
Read MoreCantor v. AT&T Umbrella Benefits Plan No. 3 & AT&T Services
This ERISA case, decided in 2022, is a case where the Defendants, AT&T and the Plan, were both granted summary judgment. In the case, the...
Read MoreSchwarz v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
In this ERISA case, decided in 2020, the Court examines the duty that a Defendant Insurance Company has to the claimant. In this claim the Plaintiff...
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