How cited: Sanborn-Alder v. Cigna Group Insurance · Go Syfert

Sanborn-Alder v. Cigna Group Insurance (2011)

green · 10 citation events across 7 courts. Showing the 7 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
Rule Authority · E.D. Tex. · 2 citations in this opinion
noting that the “payment of premiums [did not] create coverage under the plan where coverage did not exist under the terms of the plan or the policy” (citation omitted)
Rule Authority · S.D. Tex.
Ins., 771 F. Supp. 2d 713, 720 (citing Mello, 431 F. 3d at 445) (“A plaintiff can satisfy the element of material misrepresentation if the employer misrepresented any pertinent information.”).
Rule Authority · N.D. Tex.
Ins., 771 F.Supp.2d 713, 718 (S.D.Tex.2011) (noting that ERISA cases involving an administrator with discretionary authority to construe plan terms are “usually limited to the administrative record”)).
Rule Authority · W.D. Tex.
Ins., 771 F.Supp.2d 713, 715, 719 (S.D.Tex.2011); Sullivan v. AT & T, Inc., Civil Action No. 3-08-CV-1089-M, 2010 WL 905567 , at *2, 4-5 (N.D.Tex.
Rule Authority · E.D. La.
Ins., 771 F.Supp.2d 713, 731 (S.D.Tex.2011) (concluding defendants’ mistakes in issuing policy did not constitute showing of “extraordinary circumstances” and further noting that “simple errors and omissions, without an accompanying intent to deceive, are not material misrepresentations” that can give rise to an estoppel claim); Gridley v. Cleveland Pneumatic Co., 924 F.2d 1310, 1319 (3d Cir.1991) (no extraordinary circumstances when totally disabled and hospitalized employe…
Rule Authority · E.D. Tex.
Ins., No. H-09-0806, 771 F.Supp.2d 713, 716-17, 719-24 , 2011 WL 643216 , at *2, *6-8 (S.D.Tex.
Harmon, J.
Cited · S.D. Miss. · signal: see
Under the Third Circuit’s approach, extraordinary circumstances “generally ... involve acts of bad faith on the part of the employer, attempts to actively conceal a significant change in the plan, or commission of fraud.” Burstein v. Retirement Account Plan for Emps. of Allegheny Health Educ. & Research Found., 334 F.3d 365 , 383 (3d Cir.2003) (quoted in Belmonte v. Examination Management Servs., Inc., 730 F.Supp.2d 603, 606 (N.D.Tex.2010)); see Sanborn-Alder v. Cigna Group …