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Sixth Circuit Vacates Right-to-Literacy Ruling

Last month, we explained that the settlement between the plaintiffs and Michigan’s Governor Whitmer in Gary B. v. Whitmer might end up ultimately vacating the Sixth Circuit’s pathbreaking right-to-literacy ruling in that case. The parties informed the Court of the settlement and the plaintiffs promised to file a motion to dismiss. But some defendants had … Continue Reading

Does Your ERISA Benefit Denial Letter Limit Time To File Suit? Maybe Not!

A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit held yesterday in Moyer v. Met. Life Ins. Co. that an employee was entitled to bring suit against after the contractual limitations period in his ERISA-governed long term disability plan had expired, because the claim administrator failed to include the time limit for judicial review in the benefit revocation … Continue Reading
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