Mark P. Scherzer Employee Benefits Law Blog

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Glenn, 128 S. Ct. 2343 (Jun. 19, 2008) is likely to have beneficial effects on judicial review of ERISA-governed disability and other welfare benefit claims, particularly in the Second Circuit, which includes New York.  The Court’s analysis allows district courts more freedom to consider the impact of an... Read More

JUNE 27, 2007:  The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, handed down an important opinion on June 27, 2007.  The decision, Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (available from the Court of Appeals website, click here), will undoubtedly benefit many New Yorkers pursuing disability claims under individual disability policies and employer-sponsored (ERISA) long term... Read More