U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Aug. 10, 2013
On your marks, get set, time's up
The U.S. high court will hear arguments this fall on when the limitations period for ERISA claims begins to run - yet it is well-settled that the limitations period for federal claims does not begin to run until a claim can be filed.
Michelle L. Roberts
Partner
Kantor & Kantor, LLP
Labor & Employment
1050 Marina Village Pkwy, Ste 105
Alameda , CA 94501
Email: mroberts@kantorlaw.net
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Kantor & Kantor is a California-based law firm that represents insureds in ERISA-governed disability, life, health, and pension claims.
On Oct. 15, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the matter of Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 12-729, where the court will address the question of when the statute of limitations period starts to run for judicial review of a denied benefit claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). That this issue has split the circuit courts is unsurprising since ERISA itself does not provide a statute...
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