After agreeing to make regular payments for disability without taking into account any offsets, the plan administrator filed a Rule 12(b)(1) and Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss Young’s claim based on the assertion that the matter was now moot and that Young has no standing to continue the lawsuit. Young filed suit and the plan administrator rescinded their earlier decision to offset payments. The disability plan administrator then attempted to offset the monies Young received from payments Young was receiving for disability pay. At a later date is recovered a substantial settlement from the insurance company of the person with whom he had the accident. He applied for and received disability benefits.
Plaintiff, Young, was insured by way of an ERISA disability plan through his employer when he was injured in an automobile accident. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and Matrix Absence Management, Inc. The opinion is from the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, and is styled, Jason Thomas Young v. Here is a somewhat lengthy opinion in a case involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and a disability claim.
