ERISA Long-Term Disability Benefits: Evidence Outside of Administrative Record Must Be Permitted

In Harris v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed whether courts hearing benefit disputes under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) can or must limit their review to the information contained in the administrative record.

Ashley E. Feighery, Harris v. Lincoln Life Insurance Co., 4 Cumb. L. Rev. Online 86 (2023).