Claim For Disability Benefits Is Time-Barred, 5th Circuit Panel Says In Affirming

(May 10, 2024, 11:08 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 9 affirmed the dismissal of a disability claimant’s breach of contract suit because the claimant failed to filed suit within three years of the initial denial of her claim, as required by the plan at issue, and failed to file suit within four years of the denial of her appeal pursuant to the four-year statute of limitations under Texas law for breach of contract suits....