( August 19, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — Declining to dismiss claims against two defendants accused of improperly denying a claim for short-term disability (STD) benefits, a Minnesota federal judge said in part that “it is unclear who the relevant decisionmaker was or on what basis the STD benefits were denied”; he also ruled plausible the allegations that one of those defendants violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by not furnishing a third-party administrative services (TPA) agreement and the entirety of a “Wrap Document.”...