Decisions, Decisions (May/June 2023)

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• 9th Cir. (Unpub.)

  • If you miscalculate benefits for long enough maybe you have a fiduciary duty to miscalculate them forever. (Morris v. Aetna.)

• N.D.Cal.

  • The decedent received his allegedly miscalculated disability benefits in Connecticut for decades. A trustee pursuing litigation lives in California. Motion to transfer venue granted. (Hamer v. J.P. Morgan Chase LTD Benefit Plan.)

• S.D.Cal.

  • Motion to compel discovery into medical review vendor Dane Street granted in part in non-ERISA disability suit. (Leung v. Unum.)