Seventh Circuit: Plan's Benefit Denial Notice Did Not Comply with ERISA | Practical Law
On August 18, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issued an opinion in Kough v. Teamsters' Local 301 Pension Plan, holding that a plan's letter denying disability benefits to an employee failed to substantially comply with the notice requirements of ERISA and its regulations. The Seventh Circuit reversed the district court's decision and remanded to the district court to reconsider attorney fees, with instructions to remand the disability benefits decision to the plan administrator.