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24-1940·ERISA

Heather Cogdell v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

Affirmed
Status
  1. Scheduled
  2. Argued
  3. Opinion Issued (current)
Question Presented

Whether district court applied correct standard of review to benefits determination where plan administrator failed to make a timely decision on appeal; other issues.

Argument Date
December 9, 2025
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
V
Courtroom
Tweed Courtroom (Room 414-D)
Lower Court Judge
Trenga
Associated Cases
25-1083

Panel

Judge Agee
Judge Quattlebaum
Senior Judge Floyd

Citation

CaseHeather Cogdell v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 24-1940 (4th Cir. Mar. 3, 2026)
PanelFloyd, S.J., Agee & Quattlebaum, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Joshua Bachrach
per CA4 audio archive
Benjamin Glass III
per CA4 audio archive

Panel That Day

2 of 2 cases argued December 9, 2025 before this panel have been decided.

Opinions

Disposition

Affirmed
March 3, 2026