plan-administrator

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-61 Michael Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Fifth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights de-novo-review deference deferential-standard due-process erisa plan-administrator procedural-violation procedural-violations standard-of-review Whether significant procedural violations of ERISA require de novo review, strict adherence, or some other heightened standard that does not defer to …
23A1021 Michael Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Fifth Circuit 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete disability-benefits erisa judicial-review plan-administrator procedural-violations standard-of-review Whether procedural violations by an ERISA plan administrator warrant a de novo standard of review instead of an abuse of discretion standard when eval…
22-1210 Colgate-Palmolive Company, et al. v. Rebecca McCutcheon, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied actuarial-assumptions benefit-determination circuit-split deference erisa erisa-plan-administrator-discretion extrinsic-evidence judicial-interpretation plan-administrator statutory-and-regulatory Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding that it must disregard all objective extrinsic evidence of the reasonableness of an ERISA plan administrat…
21-1571 Rozalyn Ragan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Phillip Ragan, Deceased v. Melissa Ragan, aka Melissa Hudson Colorado 2022-06-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) after an ERISA plan administrator has fully distr ERISA preempts a claimant's state-law right to th beneficiary-rights benefit-distribution distribution distribution-dispute erisa ERISA-preemption federal-court-jurisdiction life-insurance life-insurance-proceeds plan-administrator preemption state-law state-law-claim Whether ERISA preempts a state-law claim to recover life insurance plan proceeds after distribution
21-1041 Michael J. P. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-and-capricious benefit-eligibility erisa firestone-v-bruch judicial-review metro-life-v-glenn plan-administrator plan-administrator-discretion standard-of-review substantial-evidence Whether the Supreme Court's dicta in Firestone Tire and Rubber Co v. Bruch and the Supreme Court's ruling in Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn render it i…
21-554 Amber Boyer v. Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response Waived 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…
20-1655 W. A. Griffin v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the Delta Air Lines Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD (Dr. Griffin)"
20-1444 W. A. Griffin v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator provider-services waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the CocaCola Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD (Dr. Griffin)"
20-1150 Shelby L. Haynes, et al. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied agreement common-fund common-fund-rule equitable-lien erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary non-contractual-claims plan-administrator retroactive-application retroactivity Can an ERISA plan fiduciary assert equitable lien by agreement claims against persons with which it has no agreement?
19-444 Robert Hoch v. MBI Energy Services Eighth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived beneficiary beneficiary-rights cigna-corp-v-amara erisa erisa-beneficiary erisa-plan erisa-plan-administrator-reimbursement erisa-plan-document plan-administrator plan-document reimbursement reimbursement-provisions summary-plan-description Whether an ERISA Plan Administrator may enforce reimbursement provisions against an ERISA beneficiary that are contained only in a Summary Plan Descri…
18-1305 Timothy O'Neill v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Sixth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived 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?
18-1033 W. A. Griffin v. United Healthcare of Georgia, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied administrative-appeals anti-assignment co-fiduciary-liability document-request erisa erisa-co-fiduciary-liability erisa-document-production-requests ERISA-governed-plan erisa-welfare-plan-administration fiduciary-duty georgia-mandatory-assignment-of-benefits-statute plan-administrator provider-anti-assignment provider-anti-assignment-clauses retroactive-assignment statute-of-limitations-for-erisa-penalties statutory-penalties Whether plan administrator waived anti-assignment provisions, ERISA-co-fiduciary-liability, retroactive-assignment-validity, statutory-penalties-limit…
18-613 W. A. Griffin v. Aetna Health Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response Waived assignee-rights civil-procedure document-request erisa erisa-benefits erisa-statutory-penalty georgia-law georgia-supreme-court o.c.g.a.-9-3-22 o.c.g.a.-9-3-28 plan-administrator retroactive-assignment standing state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-penalty Whether the District court borrowed the appropriate state law for ERISA statutory penalty