On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jan 13, 2015 | Case Updates, ERISA, ERISA - Fiduciary Duty, ERISA - Standing, Firm News
A universal part of the American medical experience is paperwork. Everyone is familiar with visiting a healthcare provider for the first time, filling out history forms and signing pages of documents that they either do not understand or do not care about. The Ninth...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jun 29, 2011 | Case Updates, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, ERISA - Standing, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
The Ninth Circuit has reversed itself and ruled that insurance companies that make claim decisions or are responsible for paying benefits can serve as defendants in ERISA actions for benefits or to enforce the terms of the plan. In Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jan 14, 2010 | Case Updates, ERISA, ERISA - Fiduciary Duty, ERISA - Standing, Firm News, News
Can a plan participant sue for breach of fiduciary duty when his individual account is diminished by a failure of the administrator to follow his investment instructions? The U.S. Supreme Court answered this important question in the affirmative in James LaRue v....
