ANNETTE MCEACHIN v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 13, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Joshua Bachrach, WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Donald W. Busta, Jr., LEVINE BENJAMIN, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Annette McEachin.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Joshua Bachrach, WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William S. Cook, WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER, Livonia, Michigan, for Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company. Donald W. Busta, Jr., LEVINE BENJAMIN, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Annette McEachin.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; LARSEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

SUTTON, Chief Judge. For nearly four years, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. paid total disability benefits to Annette McEachin. It stopped the payments when McEachin’s physical health improved. McEachin sued the insurance company under ERISA, more fully known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The district court agreed with Reliance that McEachin no longer had a physical disability but found that her ongoing mental- health disabilities entitled her to two more years of benefits. We vacate in part, affirm in part, and remand the case to the district court.

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