Michelle Roberts

In Portier v. Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company, No. CV 24-1717, 2026 WL 45078 (E.D. La. Jan. 7, 2026), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted judgment in favor of Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Com... See more

In Nevada Resort Ass’n-Int’l All. of Theatrical Stage Emps. & Moving Picture Mach. Operators of the US & Canada Loc. 720 Pension Tr. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, No. 24-2791, —F.4th—-, 2026 WL 32577 (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2026), the Ninth Circuit held that th... See more

In Walker Specialty Construction, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Joint Pension Trust for Southern Nevada, et al., No. 24-1560, —F.4th—-, 2026 WL 21743 (9th Cir. Jan. 5, 2026), the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgmen... See more

In two closely related decisions issued the same day, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington denied motions to dismiss filed by both an employer and its insurer in an ERISA action arising from the denial of long-term disability (“L... See more

In Camardelle v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. CV 25-1382, 2025 WL 3687691 (E.D. La. Dec. 19, 2025), the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed an ERISA denial-of-benefits lawsuit at the pleading stage after concluding that the plaintiff’s cla... See more