No. 22-6720

Angela Bakos v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: benefits-suit civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa limitation-period notice notice-requirement procedural-requirement statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Respondent UNUM was required to provide Petitioner BAKOS with actual notice of the limitations period under ERISA

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Respondent UNUM was required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq., to provide Petitioner BAKOS with actual, as opposed to constructive, notice that there was in existence a three-year period of limitation within which suits for denial of benefits must be filed in court.

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-09
Brief of respondent Unum Life Insurance Company of America in opposition filed.
2023-01-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2023)

Attorneys

Angela Bakos
William Robert McCracken — Petitioner
William Robert McCracken — Petitioner
Unum Life Insurance Company
Nikole Marie CrowWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Respondent
Nikole Marie CrowWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Respondent