Claim Denial Letters Must Provide Notice of Plan Limits for Suing under ERISA: Third Circuit | Practical Law
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Mirza v. Ins. Admin. of Am., Inc., held that a plan's one-year contractual limitations period for filing suit should not be enforced against a claimant in the context of a benefits dispute because the claimant was not informed of the deadline in the plan's claim denial letter.