Case: Health Care & Benefits/Long-Term Disability Benefits (D. Or.)

The District of Oregon held in abeyance the parties’ opposing motions for judgment on the administrative record of a Morrow Equipment Company employee’s ERISA action against Unum Life Insurance Company of America, challenging the denial of her long-term disability benefits. According to the court, the parties haven’t had the opportunity to propose or consent to a bench trial, so a hearing is necessary to determine whether to rule on the record as it stands or to hold a bench trial.