| 22-6720 |
Angela Bakos v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
benefits-suit civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa limitation-period notice notice-requirement procedural-requirement statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Whether Respondent UNUM was required to provide Petitioner BAKOS with actual notice of the limitations period under ERISA |
| 21-7924 |
Timothy S. Smith v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process pro-se standing |
Whether the courts of Minnesota have the authority to deny a pro se litigant's request for appointment of counsel in a civil rights case |
| 21-554 |
Amber Boyer v. Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-15 |
Denied |
accidental-death benefits-due crime-exclusion erisa insurance-policy plan-administrator substantial-evidence |
Whether the ERISA Plan Administrator's interpretation of 'crime' to include speeding and improper passing was unreasonable when denying coverage under… |
| 19-884 |
Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law |
Does construing ambiguous insurance policy terms against ERISA beneficiaries undermine the purpose of ERISA? |
| 18-1305 |
Timothy O'Neill v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
civil-procedure erroneous-interpretation hoover-precedent job-description judicial-review long-term-disability plan-administrator sixth-circuit social-security-disability stare-decisis stare-decisis,civil-procedure,due-process,appeals, |
Did the Sixth Circuit wrongfully apply the doctrine of stare decisis in upholding the district court's decision denying long-term disability benefits? |