This week’s notable decision is another claimant-unfriendly opinion out of the Fourth Circuit neck of the woods – Dawson-Murdock v. National Counseling Group, Inc., et al., No. 3:18-CV-58, 2018 WL 3744020 (E.D. Va. Aug. 7, 2018). In this case, Plaintiff…

This week’s notable long-term disability decision is Griffin v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 17-1251, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 3624872 (4th Cir. July 31, 2018).  The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination that abuse of discretion, rather than…

Good morning, ERISA Watchers!  Today’s report is lighter than usual due to the extra mid-week report sent out this past Wednesday.  My radar has not picked up another notable Circuit decision since then but today I want to highlight a…

Interrupting your regularly scheduled program to highlight yesterday’s notable decision in Munro v. Univ. of S. California, No. 17-55550, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 3542996 (9th Cir. July 24, 2018).  Munro was a highly anticipated decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of…