Newsbreak: Sexual Predators on Facebook and More
In This Issue: - Supreme Court Update: Where Plan Reimbursement Or Recovery Terms Are Ambiguous Or Silent,Equitable Doctrines May Fill The Gaps: US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. ___ (2013). In an...more
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on April 15, 2013 that it will take up the question of when the statute of limitations period may begin to run for filing a legal action for long-term disability benefits under an ERISA plan....more
Originally published in Westlaw in March 25, 2013. What happens when the claimant refuses to seek and accept medical care that might enable the claimant to return to work? Does the claimant have a duty to seek...more
Yesterday, Jordan Weissman’s excellent article, “Disability Insurance: America’s $124 Billion Secret Welfare Program,” published March 25, 2013 in The Atlantic, explains how the number of former workers enrolled in Social...more
On March 13, the Second Circuit issued a significant opinion interpreting key provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). In Thurber v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., Case No. 12-370-cv, 2013 WL 950704 (2d...more
Lawyers.com Editorial Director Betsy Kim gives today's Newsbreak reporting on the Indiana law banning sexual predators from Facebook, a ruling upholding disability insurance for drug addicts and a case of drunk Segway...more
1. The Claim - An insurer may use the alleged misrepresentations and/or omissions of an insured in the life, health and disability insurance application process in two ways: (i) affirmatively, by seeking rescission of...more
What happens when an ERISA claimant submits contradictory statements to the Social Security Administration and the ERISA plan administrator? Can these contradictory statements be used to deny the ERISA claim? YES....more
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