ERISA Claim Seeking Disability Benefits Can Proceed, Judge Says

Mealey's (November 5, 2021, 9:28 AM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota federal judge on Nov. 3 denied a disability insurer’s motion to dismiss a claim seeking disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the claimant asserted a plausible claim for benefits; however, the judge granted the disability’s insurer’s motion to dismiss the claimant’s breach of fiduciary claim after finding no support for the claim....