Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Upholds ERISA Plan’s Contractual Limitations Period
A disability plan’s three-year limitations period running from the date on which proof of loss is due doesn’t offend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled (Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., U.S., No. 12-729, 12/16/13). A disability plan participant argued that her plan’s three-year limitations period “undermine[d]” ERISA’s […]