The Western District of Tennessee has granted preliminary approval of a $44.4 million class action settlement between plaintiffs and Symetra Life Insurance Company, resolving claims that the insurer facilitated the misappropriation of tens of millions of...
A federal judge allowed a Lockheed Martin ERISA class action to proceed on underperformance claims while dismissing fee allegations.
A federal judge ruled that a former Medtronic employee failed to show her debilitating fatigue and cognitive dysfunction were caused by her physical conditions rather than her mental health diagnoses, ending her bid for long-term disability benefits beyond...
Wendy Woehrmann’s appeal of a Social Security Disability Insurance denial is reversed and remanded by the Eastern District of Missouri because the Administrative Law Judge failed to properly explain the supportability and consistency of medical opinion...
A federal judge in Maryland has denied a motion to dismiss brought by construction employers accused of failing to pay required contributions to multiemployer pension and welfare funds, allowing the funds’ claims for delinquent payments, liquidated damages...
A federal magistrate judge in Maryland reversed the Social Security Administration’s denial of disability benefits for a claimant with chronic depression, holding that the Administrative Law Judge improperly used normal objective medical findings to...
A Middle District of Pennsylvania magistrate judge remanded a Social Security disability claim after holding that the Administrative Law Judge failed to incorporate or explain a specific one-to-two-step task limitation from a medical opinion the ALJ deemed...
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that could determine whether multiemployer pension plans must fix their actuarial assumptions before a plan year closes — or may select them afterward — when calculating how much a departing employer owes in...