| 24-741 |
Levi Goldfarb, et al. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Denied |
accidental-death circuit-split contract-interpretation erisa insurance-policy mountain-climbing |
Whether an accidental death insurance policy subject to ERISA should determine the existence of an 'accident' by common law presumption or a 'reasonab… |
| 21-861 |
First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company v. Giorgio Armani Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
circuit-split co-fiduciary contribution employee-benefits erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty indemnity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a fiduciary can seek contribution and indemnity from a co-fiduciary under ERISA |
| 19-242 |
Juanita Nichols v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
circuit-split disability-benefits disability-insurance erisa erisa-disability-insurance insurance-interpretation job-duties long-term-disability occupation-definition regular-occupation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'regular occupation' refers to a general category of employment in a broad and generic sense, or instead refers to a claimant's 'actual job du… |
| 19-146 |
Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
Denied |
administrative-review benefits-denial circuit-split disability-benefits disability-standard erisa futility futility-doctrine own-occupation remand retroactive-benefits |
Should this Court resolve the conflict among the Circuits about whether it would be futile to require an ERISA plan participant upon remand to retroac… |