No. 23-1159

Roland Huff v. BP Corporation North America, Inc.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: employee-benefits erisa group-life-insurance group-policy information-disclosure insurance-rates life-insurance policy-contract rate-increase transparency
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their employer, and/or the life insurance company the employer does business with, explaining why the insurance rates of their group life insurance policy contracts were raised so that they may determine whether the rates increases were honest, fair, and justified per the terms of their life insurance policy contract, their employee benefit plan, and insurance industry standards?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Respectfully, Petitioner comes before this Supreme Court to present a question under ERISA that lower Courts have answered to the detriment of employees and retirees across the United States. The Question Presented Is: Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their employer, and/or the life insurance company the employer does business with, explaining why the insurance rates of their group life insurance policy contracts were raised so that they may determine whether the rates increases were honest, fair, and justified per the terms of their life insurance policy contract, their employee benefit plan, and insurance industry standards?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-07
2024-05-22
Brief of respondent BP Corporation North America, Inc. in opposition filed.
2024-04-22

Attorneys

BP Corporation North America, Inc.
Alison Marie HowardCrowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation, Respondent
Alison Marie HowardCrowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation, Respondent
Roland Huff
Jeffrey Allen MartinJeff Martin & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
Jeffrey Allen MartinJeff Martin & Associates, P.C., Petitioner